Development Kit User’s Guide
October 2008
Order Number: 320067-002US
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Contents—Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology
Contents
1.0
Introduction
..............................................................................................................8
1.1
Document Organization........................................................................................8
1.2
Related Documents .............................................................................................8
1.3
Acronyms...........................................................................................................9
2.0
Product Specification
............................................................................................... 11
2.1
Overview ......................................................................................................... 11
2.1.1
Product Description and Board Architecture................................................ 11
2.1.2
Feature List ........................................................................................... 13
2.2
Package Components......................................................................................... 13
2.3
System I/O ...................................................................................................... 14
2.3.1
Intel
®
EP80579 Development Board I/O.................................................... 14
2.3.2
Super I/O (SIO) ..................................................................................... 14
2.3.3
PEX 8508 PCI Express* Switch................................................................. 14
2.3.4
Marvell* 88E1141 Quad Ethernet Transceiver............................................. 15
2.4
System Memory ................................................................................................ 15
2.4.1
Supported DIMM Slot Populations ............................................................. 16
2.5
Supported Operating Systems............................................................................. 16
2.6
Supported Pre-boot Firmware Features ................................................................ 16
2.7
Intel
®
EP80579 Development Board Overview....................................................... 17
2.8
Mezzanine Cards ............................................................................................... 18
2.9
Power Supply.................................................................................................... 19
2.10 Ordering Information ......................................................................................... 19
3.0
System Overview
..................................................................................................... 20
3.1
Power Distribution ............................................................................................. 20
3.2
Platform Clocking .............................................................................................. 21
3.3
Platform Reset .................................................................................................. 22
3.4
SMBus ............................................................................................................. 24
4.0
Technical Reference
................................................................................................ 25
4.1
Board Components Layout.................................................................................. 25
4.2
IA-32 Core Frequency Selection .......................................................................... 28
4.3
SMBus Address ................................................................................................. 29
4.4
System LEDs .................................................................................................... 30
4.5
Fixed I/O Map and Interrupts .............................................................................. 31
4.6
Jumper Block.................................................................................................... 31
4.7
Header Blocks................................................................................................... 35
4.8
Connector/Header Pinout Information .................................................................. 36
4.8.1
ITP-XDP Connector Pinout ....................................................................... 36
4.8.2
ATX12V Power Connector Pinout............................................................... 37
4.8.3
LEB CompactFlash* Connector Pinout........................................................ 38
4.8.4
HSS Mezzanine Connectors Pinout ............................................................ 38
4.8.5
CAN Header Pinout ................................................................................. 42
4.8.6
IEEE 1588-2008 Hardware-Assist Header Pinout......................................... 42
4.8.7
Front Panel Header................................................................................. 42
4.8.8
SMBus Header ....................................................................................... 43
4.8.9
SSP Header ........................................................................................... 43
4.8.10 SIO Tertiary (Third) UART Header............................................................. 44
4.8.11 JTAG Access Headers .............................................................................. 44
4.8.12 GPIO Header ......................................................................................... 45
4.9
Mechanical Considerations .................................................................................. 45
4.9.1
Form Factor........................................................................................... 45
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