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Netra CP2160 CompactPCI Board Installation and Technical Reference Manual

816-5772-11



Contents

Figures

Tables

Code Samples

Safety Agency Compliance Statements

Regulatory Compliance Statements

Declaration of Conformity

Declaration of Conformity

Preface

1. Overview of the Netra CP2160 CompactPCI Board

1.1 Features of the Netra CP2160 CompactPCI Board

1.2 Netra CP2160 System Configurations

1.2.1 System Host and Satellite Configurations

1.2.2 PMC and PIM Modules

1.2.3 Transition Card

1.3 Hot-Swap Support

1.4 System Requirements

1.4.1 Hardware Requirements

1.4.2 Software Requirements

1.5 Technical Support and Warranty

1.5.1 Board Part Number, Serial Number, and Revision Number Identification

2. Software Configuration

2.1 Hot-Swapping a Netra CP2160 Satellite Board

2.1.1 Hot-Swap Status LED

2.1.2 Basic Hot-Swap Process

2.1.3 Full Hot-Swap Process

2.2 Peripheral I/O Board Configuration

2.2.1 Configuring a Peripheral I/O Board in Basic Hot-Swap Mode

2.2.2 Unconfiguring a Peripheral I/O Board in Basic Hot-Swap Mode

2.3 Setting Up a Diskless Environment

2.3.1 How to Set Up a Boot Server

2.3.2 How to Boot as a Diskless Client

2.4 Setting the Time of Day on a Battery-less System

2.4.1 In a Networked Configuration

2.4.2 On a Standalone System

3. Hardware Installation

3.1 Equipment and Operator Safety

3.2 Preparing for Installation

3.2.1 Checking Power, Thermal, Environmental, and Space Requirements

3.2.2 Determining Local Network IP Addresses and Hostnames

3.2.3 Installation Procedure Summary

3.3 Configuring the Netra Board Hardware

3.3.1 Installing the Memory Module

3.3.2 Installing the PMC Module

3.3.3 Setting Switches

3.3.4 Replacing the Serial EEPROM

3.3.5 Configuring Transition Card Hardware

3.3.5.1 Installing PIM Assemblies

3.4 Installing Boards Into the CompactPCI Chassis

3.4.1 Installing the XCP2060-TRN I/O Transition Card

3.4.2 Installing the Netra CP2160 Board

3.4.3 Installing an I/O Board

3.5 Setting Up an Assembled Netra CP2160 Board Computer

3.6 Initial Power On and Firmware Upgrade

3.6.1 Powering on the System

3.6.2 Determining the Firmware Version

3.6.2.1 Determining the Firmware Version From OpenBoot PROM

3.6.2.2 Determining the Firmware Version From the Solaris Prompt

3.6.3 Upgrading the OpenBoot PROM Firmware

3.7 Software Installation

3.7.1 Installing the Operating System

3.7.2 Downloading and Installing SunVTS

4. Firmware

4.1 Initialization Firmware

4.1.1 Firmware CORE and BPOST

4.1.2 CPOST and EPOST

4.1.3 EPOST

4.1.4 OpenBoot PROM

4.2 Firmware Configuration Variables

4.2.1 Firmware CORE SRAM Variables

4.2.2 Firmware CORE Execution Control

4.2.3 OpenBoot PROM Configuration Variables

4.3 Firmware Memory Map

4.4 Firmware CORE Features

4.5 USB Keyboard Support

4.6 ASM Support at OpenBoot PROM

4.6.1 CPU Heat Sink Thermal Sensor

4.6.2 PCI_RESET# Polling on the Satellite Board

4.7 SMC Firmware

4.7.1 SMC Firmware Reset Modes for System Slot and Peripheral Slot Operations

4.7.2 SMC Configuration Block

4.7.2.1 Command Usage Detail

4.8 Firmware Diagnostics

4.8.1 Setting Diagnostic Levels

4.8.2 Basic POST (BPOST)

4.8.3 Comprehensive POST (CPOST)

4.8.4 OpenBoot PROM On-Board Diagnostics

4.8.5 OpenBoot Diagnostics

5. Hardware and Functional Description

5.1 Summarized Physical Description

5.2 Detailed Description

5.3 CPU and Main Memory Subsystems

5.3.1 UltraSPARC IIi Processor

5.3.2 Memory Address Mapping

5.3.3 SDRAM Memory

5.3.4 Memory Components

5.3.4.1 System (Boot) Flash Memory

5.3.4.2 User Flash Memory

5.3.4.3 NVRAM

5.3.4.4 Serial I2C EEPROM

5.3.4.5 FRU ID I2C EEPROM

5.4 Bus Subsystems

5.4.1 APB PCI Bus Interfaces

5.4.2 PCIO-2 Devices and EBus Paths

5.4.3 CompactPCI Bus

5.4.3.1 Arbitration in System Controller Role

5.4.4 PMC and PIM Interface

5.4.5 I2C and IPMI Channels

5.5 System Input/Output

5.5.1 Front-Panel I/O

5.5.2 PMC Interface

5.5.3 Backplane I/O

5.5.3.1 J3 Signals

5.5.3.2 J5 Signals

5.6 System Management Controller

5.6.1 Watchdog Timer

5.7 Resets

5.8 Power Subsystem

5.8.1 Power Module

5.8.2 Early Power and IPMI Power

5.8.3 Transition Card Power Distribution

5.9 CompactPCI Interface

5.9.1 CompactPCI Interface Requirements

5.9.2 CompactPCI Signal Interface

5.10 Interrupts

5.11 Chip-Select PLD Registers

5.12 SMC PLD Registers

A. Specifications

A.1 System Compatibility Specifications

A.1.1 CPCI Specification Notes

A.2 CPU Specifications

A.3 Main Memory Specifications S

A.4 Memory Configuration Specifications

A.5 PMC Interface Specifications

A.5.1 PMC Specification Notes

A.6 Power Requirements

A.7 Mechanical Specifications

A.8 Environmental Specifications

A.9 Thermal Validation

A.10 Reliability/Availability Specifications

A.11 Compliance Specifications

A.11.1 Agency Compliance

A.11.2 NEBS Level 3

B. Connectors, Pinouts and Switch Settings

B.1 PMC Connectors

B.1.1 PMC-A Interface

B.1.2 PMC-B Interface

B.2 Front Panel Connectors

B.2.1 Serial Connectors

B.2.2 Ethernet Connectors

B.3 CompactPCI Backplane Connectors

B.4 Switch Settings

C. Solaris Sun FRU ID

C.1 prtfru Command

D. Bibliography

D.1 General References

D.1.1 Books and Specifications

D.2 Sun Microsystems Publications

D.2.1 Solaris Operating Environment

D.2.2 Alternate Pathing

D.2.3 Processors and Integrated Circuits

D.2.4 CP2000/CP2160 Family System Documents

Glossary

Index