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CP6940 User Guide
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Introduction
This manual describes the features of the CP6940 board. The use of this User Guide implies a basic knowledge of PC
hard- and software. This manual is focused on describing the special features and is not intended to be a standard PC
textbook.
New users are recommended to study the short installation procedure stated in the following chapter before switching
on the power.
Latest revision of this manual, datasheet, Bootloader, drivers and BSP’s (Board Support Packages) can be downloaded
from Kontron Web Page.
1.1
Product Overview
The CP6940 is a Standard Fabric 6U CompactPCI Gigabit Ethernet Switch with 24 channels compliant to PICMG 2.16.
The board is available in three variants:
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CP6940-RA-OC
Rugged optical/copper managed layer 2/3 Switch with 24 rear GbE,
Front uplinks (4x 1GBase-T RJ45, 4x 10G SFP+)
Layer 2/3 management
Ready for extended Temperature Range -40 to +85°C
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CP6940-RA-OC-P
200Gbps performance rugged optical/copper managed layer 2/3 Switch with 24x rear GbE,
Front uplinks (2x QSFP+ for 40G or 4 times 10G, 4x 10G SFP+, 2x 1G SFP)
Layer 2/3 management
Ready for extended Temperature Range -40 to +85°C
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CP6940-SA-OC-V
Value line optical/copper managed layer 2 Switch with 24 rear GbE,
Front uplinks (4x 1GBase-T RJ45, 2x 10G SFP+, 2x 1G SFP)
Layer 2 management
Standard Temperature Range 0 to +60°C
1.1.1
CP6940 Features
The board is composed of the following building blocks:
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Ethernet Infrastructure
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Unit Computer and Memory
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IPMI
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Power Supply
1.1.1.1
Ethernet Infrastructure
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Broadcom high port count integrated switch with 100-FX/1G/2.5G/5G/10G-Capable SerDes lanes
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BCM56174 with 28x 1GbE Ports (SGMII) and 12x 10GbE
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Unit Computer manages Switch via PCIe Gen2 x1 (5Gbps)
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Up to 7x Broadcom BCM54140 10/100/1000Base-T Transceiver with SGMII Ports
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Up to 24x 10/100/1000Base-T via MII interface to backplane connector J5, J4 and J3
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Up to four 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 connectors at the front panel
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BCM56174 Switch manages transceiver via MIIM Interface
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SFP+ and SFP transceiver are direct connected to the switch
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SFIs connect to SFP+ interfaces at the front panel
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BSC Master I2C for SFP support
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SPI FLASH programming interface
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LED BUS controls the faceplate status LEDs
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Switch supports JTAG Boundary Scan