SharpStreamer Pro PCIE-7210 Installation and Use

SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211Installation and UseP/N: 6806800V01AMarch 2018

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About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Safety Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Sicherheitshinweise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.2 Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.3 Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.4 Standard Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.5 Ordering and Support Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2 Hardware Preparation and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2.1 Unpacking and Inspecting PCIE-7210/7211 Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.2 Environmental, Thermal, and Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2.2.1 Environmental and Thermal Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.2.2 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

2.3 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.3.1 ESD Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

2.4 PCIE-7210/7211 Card Installation and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.4.1 PCIE-7210/7211 Card Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.4.2 PCIE-7210/7211 Card Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3 Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.1 CPU Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.1.1 Intel Skylake Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.1.2 Intel Skylake PCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

3.2 DDR4 2133 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.3 SSD Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.4 Ethernet Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3.4.1 82599 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.4.2 I210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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3.5 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6 Interface Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.6.1 High Speed IO subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6.2 Low Speed Serial Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

3.6.2.1 Two-wire interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.6.2.2 SVID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.6.3 Boot Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.7 Micro SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.7.1 MicroSD as Firmware Recovery Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.7.2 MicroSD as Non-Volatile Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.7.3 MicroSD as Boot Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

3.8 Temperature Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.9 Clock Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.10 Reset Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.11 JTAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

4 Controls, Indicators, and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

4.1 Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.1.1 PCIE-7210/7211 Faceplate View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.1.2 Edge Connector 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.1.3 Edge Connector 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.1.4 Micro USB UART Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584.1.5 MicroUSB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

4.2 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594.3 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664.4 Switch Settings for MC1000 and Micro Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5 BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

5.1 Accessing the BIOS Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.1.1 Menu Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745.1.2 Legend Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745.1.3 Field Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755.1.4 General Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

5.2 Configuring BIOS Setup Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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5.2.1 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775.2.2 Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

5.2.2.1 Boot Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795.2.2.2 Console Redirection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

5.2.3 Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835.2.4 Power Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845.2.5 Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855.2.6 Exit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

5.3 BIOS Boot Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

6 Software Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

6.1 OS and BBS Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936.2 Firmware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

A MaxCore Firmware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

A.1 MaxCore Firmware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95A.1.1 Obtaining Revisions of Firmware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95A.1.2 Upgrade Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96A.1.3 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

A.1.3.1 CPLD FW Upgrade Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102A.1.3.2 BMC FW Upgrade Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103A.1.3.3 BMC Cannot Be Accessed Via IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

B Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

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Table 1-1 Standard Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Table 1-2 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Table 1-3 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Table 2-1 Environmental and Thermal Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Table 2-2 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Table 4-1 Edge Connector 1 Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Table 4-2 PCIE-7210/7211 Card Edge Connector 2 Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Table 4-3 Micro USB-UART port pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Table 4-4 Micro USB port pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Table 4-5 Sleep Signal Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Table 4-6 Faceplate LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Table 4-7 CPU1 and CPU2 NIC 82599 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Table 4-8 CPU1 I210 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Table 4-9 CPU2 i210 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Table 4-10 CPU1 and CPU2 USB2240 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Table 4-11 Switch S6 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Table 4-12 Switch Settings for MaxCore MC1000/Micro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Table 5-1 BIOS Setup Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Table 5-2 Legend Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Table 5-3 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Table 5-4 Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Table 5-5 Boot Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Table 5-6 Console Redirection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Table 5-7 Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Table 5-8 Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Table 5-9 Exit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Table B-1 Artesyn Embedded Technologies - Embedded Computing Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105


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Figure 1-1 Mechanical Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Figure 3-1 SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Figure 3-2 microSD Card Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Figure 3-3 Location of Temperature Sensors - Secondary Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Figure 4-1 PCIE-7210/7211 Faceplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Figure 4-2 General Usage LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Figure 4-3 Faceplate LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Figure 4-4 Location of CPU1 and CPU2 NIC 82599 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Figure 4-5 Location of CPU1 i210 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Figure 4-6 Location of CPU2 I210 LED Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Figure 4-7 Location of CPU2 i210 LEDs Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Figure 4-8 Location of CPU1 USB2240 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Figure 4-9 Location of CPU2 USB2240 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Figure 4-10 Reset Button S1 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Figure 4-11 Reset Button S2 and S3 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Figure 4-12 Switch Settings S6 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Figure 4-13 Switch Settings for MaxCore MC1000/Micro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Figure 5-1 BIOS Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Figure 5-2 General Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Figure 5-3 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Figure 5-4 Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Figure 5-5 Boot Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Figure 5-6 Console Redirection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Figure 5-7 Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Figure 5-8 Power Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Figure 5-9 Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Figure 5-10 Exit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Figure A-1 Dual Image Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Figure A-2 Firmware Update - Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99


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About this Manual

Overview of ContentsThis manual is divided into the following chapters and appendices.

Safety Notes on page 15 provides information about the safety regulations that should be observed while operating the product.

Sicherheitshinweise on page 19 provides information about German translation of the chapter, “Safety Notes”.

Introduction on page 23 provides a brief overview of the product features, hardware and software overview, standard safety compliances, and ordering information.

Hardware Preparation and Installation on page 29 provides information about the procedure for unpacking the product, environmental and power requirements, and installation and removal instructions.

Functional Description on page 37 provides information about the functional blocks in the SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211 card block diagram.

Controls, Indicators, and Connectors on page 47 provides information about the controls, indicators, connectors, and pin assignments associated with the PCIE-7210/7211 card.

BIOS on page 71 provides the BIOS setup configuration information.

Software Information on page 93 provides references to software installation and use manuals related to OS, BBS, and firmware upgrade.

Appendix A, MaxCore Firmware Upgrade, on page 95 provides MaxCore firmware upgrade procedure and also provides troubleshooting information.

Appendix B, Related Documentation, on page 105 provides a listing of related product documentation, manufacturer’s documents and industry standard specifications.

SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211 Installation and Use (6806800V01A)

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About this Manual

AbbreviationsThis document uses the following abbreviations:

Abbreviation Definition

CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DPC DIMM Per Channel

FRU Field Replaceable Unit

GPIO General Purpose Input Output

HEVC High Efficiency Video Coding

ISP Internet Service Provider

JTAG Joint Test Action Group

MAC Media Access Control

MSO Multiple System Operator

OTT Over-the-Top

PCH Peripheral Control Hub

PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect

POST Power-On Self Test

SMBus System Management Bus

SOL Serial Over LAN

SPD Serial Presence Detect

TCK Test Clock

TDI Test Data Input

TDO Test Data Output

TDP Thermal Design Power

TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol

VNC Virtual Network Computing

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ConventionsThe following table describes the conventions used throughout this manual.

Notation Description

0x00000000 Typical notation for hexadecimal numbers (digits are 0 through F), for example used for addresses and offsets

0b0000 Same for binary numbers (digits are 0 and 1)

bold Used to emphasize a word

Screen Used for on-screen output and code related elements or commands in body text

Courier + Bold Used to characterize user input and to separate it from system output

Reference Used for references and for table and figure descriptions

File > Exit Notation for selecting a submenu

<text> Notation for variables and keys

[text] Notation for software buttons to click on the screen and parameter description

... Repeated item for example node 1, node 2, ..., node 12

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Omission of information from example/command that is not necessary at the time being.

.. Ranges, for example: 0..4 means one of the integers 0,1,2,3, and 4 (used in registers).

| Logical OR.


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About this Manual

Summary of ChangesThis manual has been revised and replaces all prior editions.

Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.

Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury

Indicates a property damage message.

No danger encountered. Pay attention to important information.

Notation Description

Part Number Publication Date Description

6806800V01A March 2018 Initial version. Document title changed to SharpStreamerTM Pro PCIE-7210/7211.

6806800U29D September 2017 Updated copyrights information and section BIOS Boot Parameter on page 88.

6806800U29C February 2017 Added a section BIOS Boot Parameter on page 88.

6806800U29B January 2017 Updated Chapter 6, Software Information, on page 93.

Added Appendix A, MaxCore Firmware Upgrade, on page 95.

6806800U29A October 2016 Initial version.


Safety Notes

This section provides warnings that precede potentially dangerous procedures throughout this manual. Instructions contained in the warnings must be followed during all phases of operation, service, and repair of this equipment. You should also employ all other safety precautions necessary for the operation of the equipment in your operating environment. Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual could result in personal injury or damage to the equipment.

Artesyn intends to provide all necessary information to install and handle the product in this manual. Because of the complexity of this product and its various uses, we do not guarantee that the given information is complete. If you need additional information, ask your Artesyn representative.

The product has been designed to meet the standard industrial safety requirements. It must not be used except in its specific area of office telecommunication industry and industrial control.

Only personnel trained by Artesyn or persons qualified in electronics or electrical engineering are authorized to install, remove or maintain the product.

The information given in this manual is meant to complete the knowledge of a specialist and must not be used as replacement for qualified personnel.

Keep away from live circuits inside the equipment. Operating personnel must not remove equipment covers. Only factory authorized service personnel or other qualified service personnel may remove equipment covers for internal subassembly or component replacement or any internal adjustment.

Do not install substitute parts or perform any unauthorized modification of the equipment or the warranty may be voided. Contact your local Artesyn representative for service and repair to make sure that all safety features are maintained.

EMCThis equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.


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Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Artesyn Embedded Technologies could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Board products are tested in a representative system to show compliance with the above mentioned requirements. A proper installation in a compliant system will maintain the required performance. Use only shielded cables when connecting peripherals to assure that appropriate radio frequency emissions compliance is maintained.

Operation

Product DamageSurface of the Product High humidity and condensation on the product surface causes short circuits.Do not operate the product outside the specified environmental limits. Make sure the product is completely dry and there is no moisture on any surface before applying power.

Overheating and Product DamageOperating the product without forced air cooling may lead to overheating and thus damage of the product.When operating the product, make sure that forced air cooling is available in the enclosure.

Data CorruptionIf power to the unit is removed while a firmware update is in progress to the card flash memory, the changes will not be saved, and worse, the flash memory may be corrupted. In such case the card is likely to remain in non-operable state and will require reconditioning by qualified repair services.

Safety Notes


Installation

Damage of CircuitsElectrostatic discharge and incorrect installation and removal of the product can damage circuits or shorten their life.Before touching the product or electronic components, make sure that your are working in an ESD-safe environment.

Product DamageIncorrect installation of the product can cause damage of the product.Only use appropriate tools when installing/removing the product to avoid damage/deformation to the card and/or PCB.

EnvironmentAlways dispose equipment that is finally taken out of operation according to your country’s legislation and manufacturer’s instructions.


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Sicherheitshinweise

Dieses Kapitel enthält Hinweise, die potentiell gefährlichen Prozeduren innerhalb dieses Handbuchs vorrangestellt sind. Beachten Sie unbedingt in allen Phasen des Betriebs, der Wartung und der Reparatur des Systems die Anweisungen, die diesen Hinweisen enthalten sind. Sie sollten außerdem alle anderen Vorsichtsmaßnahmen treffen, die für den Betrieb des Produktes innerhalb Ihrer Betriebsumgebung notwendig sind. Wenn Sie diese Vorsichtsmaßnahmen oder Sicherheitshinweise, die an anderer Stelle diese Handbuchs enthalten sind, nicht beachten, kann das Verletzungen oder Schäden am Produkt zur Folge haben.

Artesyn Embedded Technologies ist darauf bedacht, alle notwendigen Informationen zum Einbau und zum Umgang mit dem Produkt in diesem Handbuch bereit zu stellen. Da es sich jedoch um ein komplexes Produkt mit vielfältigen Einsatzmöglichkeiten handelt, können wir die Vollständigkeit der im Handbuch enthaltenen Informationen nicht garantieren. Falls Sie weitere Informationen benötigen sollten, wenden Sie sich bitte an die für Sie zuständige Geschäftsstelle von Artesyn.

Das System erfüllt die für die Industrie geforderten Sicherheitsvorschriften und darf ausschließlich für Anwendungen in der Telekommunikationsindustrie und im Zusammenhang mit Industriesteuerungen verwendet werden.

Einbau, Wartung und Betrieb dürfen nur von durch Artesyn ausgebildetem oder im Bereich Elektronik oder Elektrotechnik qualifiziertem Personal durchgeführt werden. Die in diesem Handbuch enthaltenen Informationen dienen ausschließlich dazu, das Wissen von Fachpersonal zu ergänzen, können dieses jedoch nicht ersetzen.

Halten Sie sich von stromführenden Leitungen innerhalb des Produktes fern. Entfernen Sie auf keinen Fall Abdeckungen am Produkt. Nur werksseitig zugelassenes Wartungspersonal oder anderweitig qualifiziertes Wartungspersonal darf Abdeckungen entfernen, um Komponenten zu ersetzen oder andere Anpassungen vorzunehmen.

Installieren Sie keine Ersatzteile oder führen Sie keine unerlaubten Veränderungen am Produkt durch, sonst verfällt die Garantie. Wenden Sie sich für Wartung oder Reparatur bitte an die für Sie zuständige Geschäftsstelle von Artesyn. So stellen Sie sicher, dass alle sicherheitsrelevanten Aspekte beachtet werden.


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EMVDas Produkt wurde in einem Artesyn Standardsystem getestet. Es erfüllt die für digitale Geräte der Klasse A gültigen Grenzwerte in einem solchen System gemäß den FCC-Richtlinien Abschnitt 15 bzw. EN 55022 Klasse A. Diese Grenzwerte sollen einen angemessenen Schutz vor Störstrahlung beim Betrieb des Produktes in Gewerbe- sowie Industriegebieten gewährleisten.

Das Produkt arbeitet im Hochfrequenzbereich und erzeugt Störstrahlung. Bei unsachgemäßem Einbau und anderem als in diesem Handbuch beschriebenen Betrieb können Störungen im Hochfrequenzbereich auftreten.

Wird das Produkt in einem Wohngebiet betrieben, so kann dies mit grosser Wahrscheinlichkeit zu starken Störungen führen, welche dann auf Kosten des Produktanwenders beseitigt werden müssen. Änderungen oder Modifikationen am Produkt, welche ohne ausdrückliche Genehmigung von Artesyn durchgeführt werden, können dazu führen, dass der Anwender die Genehmigung zum Betrieb des Produktes verliert. Boardprodukte werden in einem repräsentativen System getestet, um zu zeigen, dass das Board den oben aufgeführten EMV-Richtlinien entspricht. Eine ordnungsgemässe Installation in einem System, welches die EMV-Richtlinien erfüllt, stellt sicher, dass das Produkt gemäss den EMV-Richtlinien betrieben wird. Verwenden Sie nur abgeschirmte Kabel zum Anschluss von Zusatzmodulen. So ist sichergestellt, dass sich die Aussendung von Hochfrequenzstrahlung im Rahmen der erlaubten Grenzwerte bewegt.

Warnung! Dies ist eine Einrichtung der Klasse A. Diese Einrichtung kann im Wohnbereich Funkstörungen verursachen. In diesem Fall kann vom Betreiber verlangt werden, angemessene Maßnahmen durchzuführen.

Betrieb

Beschädigung des ProduktesHohe Luftfeuchtigkeit und Kondensat auf der Oberfläche des Produktes können zu Kurzschlüssen führen.Betreiben Sie das Produkt nur innerhalb der angegebenen Grenzwerte für die relative Luftfeuchtigkeit und Temperatur. Stellen Sie vor dem Einschalten des Stroms sicher, dass sich auf dem Produkt kein Kondensat befindet.

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Überhitzung und Beschädigung des ProduktesBetreiben Sie das Produkt ohne Zwangsbelüftung, kann das Produkt überhitzt und schließlich beschädigt werden.Bevor Sie das Produkt betreiben, müssen Sie sicher stellen, dass das Gerät über eine Zwangskühlung verfügt.

Fehlerhafter DatenbestandWenn sie die Spannungsversorgung des Produkts abschalten, während Programmdaten im Flashspeicher aktualisiert, werden, können diese Daten nicht korrekt gespeichert werden. In diesem Fall ist das Produkt mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit nicht mehr betriebsbereit und die Funktionsfähigkeit muß durch einen qualifizierten Reparaturdienst wieder hergestellt werden.

Installation

Beschädigung von SchaltkreisenElektrostatische Entladung und unsachgemäßer Ein- und Ausbau des Produktes kannSchaltkreise beschädigen oder ihre Lebensdauer verkürzen.Bevor Sie das Produkt oder elektronische Komponenten berühren, vergewissern Sie sich, daßSie in einem ESD-geschützten Bereich arbeiten.

Beschädigung des ProduktesFehlerhafte Installation des Produktes kann zu einer Beschädigung des Produktes führen. Verwenden Sie geeignetes Werkzeug, um das Produkt zu installieren/deinstallieren. Auf diese Weise vermeiden Sie, dass das card oder die Platine deformiert oder zerstört wird

UmweltschutzEntsorgen Sie alte elektronische Baugruppen stets gemäß der in Ihrem Land gültigen Gesetzgebung und den Empfehlungen des Herstellers.


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Chapter 1


Introduction

This chapter provides a brief overview of SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211 card, its features and applications, hardware and software overview, standard compliance, and ordering information.

The Artesyn SharpStreamer Pro PCIE-7210/7211 high performance video accelerator card enables service provider networks to offer HEVC video transcoding services quickly and dynamically. As an add-on card, the PCIE-7210/7211 offers quick and scalable integration with MaxCore server architecture to meet the demands of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Multiple System Operators (MSOs).

With a focus on the high density and low power demands of video streaming applications such as OTT streaming servers, mobile network optimization, video conferencing and broadcast equipment, Artesyn employs Intel® Xeon® E3-1578Lv5 (codename Skylake-H) GPU accelerated devices in small, scalable PCI Express card footprints that are easily deployable in off-the-shelf platforms. Each SharpStreamer Pro PCIE-7210/7211 CPU is capable of up to eight (8) streams of 1080p30 H.265/High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) transcodes, or four (4) streams of 1080p60 H.265/HEVC transcodes. Each CPU offers one (1) 4KP60 HEVC, or up to two (2) 4KP30 HECV transcodes.

The SharpStreamer Pro solution is easily deployable, portable, and does not constrain operators to a single type of equipment to monetize Over-the-Top (OTT) streaming content. It also offers network scalability for increased subscribers to pay as you go, adding more cards and density from small to large servers as needed. Compared to software-only solutions, the SharpStreamer Pro PCIE-7210/7211 requires far fewer servers and much less operational cost to power video transcoding services.

The SharpStreamer Pro PCIE-7210/7211 is equipped with a Software Development Kit comprised of the Intel® Media Server Studio Essentials runtime files with the Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics P580 fixed-function hardware acceleration, monitoring and processor subsystems, O/S, and management tools for easy integration with server host processing environments.

1.1 FeaturesThe following are the main features of the PCIE-7210/7211:

PCIe Full length Full height card (312mm x 111.15mm) compatible with MaxCore system.

Two Intel® Xeon® processors E3-1578Lv5 (Skylake-H) as accelerators.

Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers for inter processor communication (82599).

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Two DDR4 SODIMM modules connected to each Intel® Xeon® ProcessorE3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 each with 8GB memory.

Two uSD card slots supporting up to 32GB, one for each processor.

Two USB 2.0 ports on faceplate one from each processor.

One common serial console interface on faceplate for both processors.

One SSD interface connected to each PCH supporting upto 128 GB.

One 1GE Interface connected to each PCH for MaxCore communication (I210).

1.2 Hardware OverviewThe SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211 card is designed for the Artesyn MaxCore™ platform. The PCIE-7210/7211 is an IntelE3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 PCI Express card for MaxCore server based installations in a video broadcasting and data server environment. The card has PCIe x16 Gen 3 bus connected to standard gold finger edge.

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In the MaxCore implementation, each CPU communicates with the host server through a direct-attached PCI Express x8 Gen 3 link. The PCI Express version utilizes a non-transparent PCI Express x16 Gen 3 (128Gbps) bridge to connect to the host’s PCI Express interface. Each CPU supports up to 32GB of removable DDR4 dual channel memory. The PCIE-7210/7211 card consumes power (> 75W) from the PCI Express slot as well as expansion connector. The card has been designed to integrate into today’s industry leading and NEBS-ready platforms.

1.3 Software OverviewThe software is delivered in the form of software components. These software components contain necessary binaries, utilities, tools to enable PCIE-7210/7211 card function as mCPU/aCPU for upgrading firmware and for media transcoding. See, Chapter 6, Software Information, on page 93.

Figure 1-1 Mechanical Layout

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1.4 Standard CompliancesThe PCIE-7210/7211 card meets the following standards.

The PCIE-7210/7211 card is designed to comply only with MaxCore Server.

1.5 Ordering and Support InformationUse the part number given in the following table, when ordering a card, supported software packages, or requesting support information. Consult your local Artesyn sales representative for more information.

PCIe-7210/7211 variants support I210 and SSD

Table 1-1 Standard Compliances

Standard Description

47CFR15 (FCC) Class A ANSI C63.4

EN 55032,CISPR 32 Class A

ICES-003 Class A

Radiated Emissions

47CFR15 (FCC) ANSI C63.4

EN 55032, CISPR 32 Class A

ICES-003 Class A

Conducted Emissions

EN 300 386 v1.6.1: 2012 EN 61000-4-2: 2009 ESD

EN 300 386 v1.6.1: 2012 EN 61000-4-3: 2010 Radiated Immunity

EN 300 386 v1.6.1: 2012 EN 61000-4-4: 2012 EFT

EN 300 386 v1.6.1: 2012 EN 61000-4-11:2004 Voltage Dips and Interrupts

Table 1-2 Ordering Information

Part Number Description

PCIE-7211-2-32GB PCIE card with two 3GHz Intel® Xeon® E3-1585L v5 CPUs, 32GB SSD per CPU, 16GB RAM per CPU.

PCIE-7211-2-128GB PCIE card with two 3GHz Intel® Xeon® E3-1585L v5 CPUs, 128GB SSD per CPU, 16GB RAM per CPU

Introduction


PCIE-7210-2 (EOL) and PCIE-7210-2-3GHZ(EOL) variants are EOL now, do not support I210 and SSD.

PCIE-7210-2-32GB PCIE card with two 2GHz Intel® Xeon® E3-1578L v5 CPUs, 32GB SSD per CPU, 16GB RAM per CPU.



PCIE-7210-2 (EOL) PCIE card with two 2 GHz Intel® Xeon® E3-1578L v5 CPUs and 16 GB RAM per CPU.

PCIE-7210-2-3GHZ(EOL) PCIE card with two 3GHz Intel® Xeon® E3-1585L v5 CPUs and 16 GB RAM per CPU.



Introduction


Chapter 2


Hardware Preparation and Installation

This chapter provides information on unpacking and inspecting the card procedures and safety precautions to be followed while handling the card. The environmental, thermal, and power requirements, and the installation and removal procedures of the card are also explained in this chapter.

2.1 Unpacking and Inspecting PCIE-7210/7211 Card

Shipment Inspection

To inspect the shipment, perform the following steps:

1. Verify that you have received all items of your shipment:

One SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211 card.

One printed copy of Quick Start Guide.

One printed copy of Safety Notes Summary.

Any optional items ordered.

2. Check your shipment and report any damage or differences to the Contact Center at [email protected].

Damage of CircuitsElectrostatic discharge and incorrect installation and removal of the card can damage circuits or shorten their life.

Make sure that you are working in an ESD-safe environment, before touching the card or electronic components.

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3. Remove the desiccant bag shipped with the card and dispose it according to your country’s legislation.

2.2 Environmental, Thermal, and Power RequirementsThis section contains the environmental, thermal, and power requirements of the PCIE-7210/7211 card.

2.2.1 Environmental and Thermal Requirements

Make sure the card is thoroughly inspected before shipment. If any damage has occurred during transportation please contact our Contact Center immediately.

Operating temperatures refer to the temperature of the incoming air passing across the card and out of the faceplate and not the temperature of the components.

Card DamageHigh humidity and condensation on the card surface causes short circuits.Do not operate the card outside the specified environmental limits. Make sure that the card is completely dry and there is no moisture on its surface before applying power.



The following table provides the environmental and the thermal requirements for the PCIE-7210/7211 card.

2.2.2 Power Requirements

The following table provides the typical power consumed by the PCIE-7210/7211 card.

Table 2-1 Environmental and Thermal Requirements

Requirement Operating Non-Operating

Temperature 0°C to 35°C -40°C to 70°C

Minimum Airflow

(Reference to sea level)500 LFM (2.5 m/sec)400 LFM (2 m/sec) for 35°C Operation

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Temperature Change 30°C/hr 30°C/hr

Relative Humidity 5% to 85% Non-Condensing 5% to 90% Non-Condensing but not to exceed 0.024 kg of water per kg of dry air

Shock and Vibration 0.1G’s 5 to 200Hz EN 300 019-2-2 Class 2.3

Altitude Up to 1800m

With 40°C operation between 1800m and 4000m

Up to 12000m

Table 2-2 Power Requirements

Mode PCIe slot power with expansion connector

Idle 63.6 W (+/- 10%)

Active 82.2 W (+/- 10%)

Peak 138W (+/- 10%)

Idle: All two CPUs at Linux login prompt.

Active: When the CPUs are in Transcoding state at room temperature.

Peak: When both CPUs are at 35°C Ambient temperature.



2.3 Precautions

To reduce the risk of personal injury, fire, or damage to the equipment, do not overload the AC supply circuit that provides power to the chassis.

The card must be powered and connected only to a controlled voltage source.

To avoid shock, make sure that the power cables are connected to a properly wired and grounded receptacles.

Electrostatic DischargeDo not touch the circuit with bare hands.The static electricity of the human body may damage the ElectroStatic Sensitive Devices (ESSDs) on the circuit.Make sure that you wear an ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) preventive wrist strap or antistatic glove to prevent the static electricity from hurting you or damaging the device.Keep your personal objects such as your clothes away from the system. To prevent the static electricity from damaging the device, it is recommended to wear antistatic clothes.

Pin DamageIf the is not fully aligned with the interface in the backplane, too much force may twist the pins on the card or backplane.Do not exert too much force when you insert the card.



2.3.1 ESD Prevention

Static electricity may hurt you or damage the device. To minimize the damage, pay attention to the following points:

Before touching the card or electronic components, make sure that you are working in an ESD safe environment.

Before you operate the device, wear the ESD-preventive wrist strap. Both terminals of the ESD preventive wrist strap must contact well. One terminal touches your bare skin, and the other is inserted in the jack at the front or back side of the shelf.

Avoid moving as much as possible. Movement gathers static electricity around you.

Do not touch the solder point, pin, or bare circuit.

Do not leave the device in the place where others can operate it.

Install the device at once after you take it out of the anti-static package. If you need to lay down the device, place it back in the anti-static package. Do not lay the device on the shelf or cabinet.

Monitor the temperature and humidity of the equipment room. Warm air decreases the humidity but increases the static electricity in the room.

Damage of CircuitsElectrostatic discharge and incorrect module installation and removal can damage circuits or shorten their life. Before touching the module or electronic components, make sure that you are working in an ESD safe environment.



2.4 PCIE-7210/7211 Card Installation and RemovalThis section contains the PCIE-7210/7211 card installation and removal procedures.

2.4.1 PCIE-7210/7211 Card Installation

To install the PCIE-7210/7211 card, perform the following steps:

1. Use anti-static pads and attach an ESD strap to your wrist. Attach the other end of the ESD strap to an electrical ground (For more details, refer to the section Precautions on page 32).

2. Identify the system in which the PCIE-7210/7211 card is to be installed.

3. Remove the system cover.

Shipping the card along with a server is not recommended. If you still need to ship the card along with the server, ensure the card is properly secured in the server. Check if necessary precautions were followed to keep the card resistive against wobbling. Otherwise, there are chances of card getting damaged. For more information about securing the PCIe card in a server, refer to MaxCore product documentation.

You must allow the card to cool for 30 minutes, before removing it. In case you try to touch the card, the heat sink could be hot enough to burn your skin.

For detailed information about the PCIe card installation, refer to MaxCore product documentation.



4. Insert the PCIE-7210/7211 card into the PCIe slot, secure it, and ensure that the card is properly fitted in the PCIe slot.

5. Lock the slot ejectors, close the system cover and then power on the system.

2.4.2 PCIE-7210/7211 Card Removal

To remove the PCIE-7210/7211 card, perform the following steps:

1. Make sure you are in an ESD-safe environment.

2. Power off the system, disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and peripherals and remove any cables connected to the card.

3. Remove the system cover.

Make sure that the card has enough air flow after closing the system with the cover. Refer to MaxCore MC3000 Platform Installation and Use manual for setting the fan speed accordingly.

The CPU transcoding performance is directly related to the airflow and cooling ability of the server in which the card is installed.

Wait at least 30 minutes for the card to cool down as the heat sink could be extremely hot.



4. Remove the screw holding the front panel bracket and gently pull the PCIE-7210/7211 card from the slot.

5. Close the cover of the system.

Place the PCIE-7210/7211 card into an ESD-protective bag and seal it appropriately.

Chapter 3


Functional Description

This chapter describes the functional blocks of the SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211 card. The PCIE-7210/7211 server accelerator card provides the processor subsystem for the Artesyn MaxCore system. The PCIE-7210/7211 comes in a PCI Express like form factor with MaxCore-specific modifications and extensions.

The PCIE-7210/7211 card contains two Intel® Xeon® Processors E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 with built-in graphics to transcode the video more efficiently and allow the host to handle other network functions.

The following figure depicts the functional block diagram of SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211 card.

Figure 3-1 SharpStreamer™ Pro PCIE-7210/7211 Block Diagram



3.1 CPU ComplexThe CPU complex of PCIE-7210/7211 card comprises an Intel E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processor and a PCH.

3.1.1 Intel Skylake Processor

Skylake is an Intel core-2015 platform. It is 64 bit, multi core processor built on 14nm process technology. The H-processor line is offered in a 2-Chip Platform and is connected to a discrete PCH chip on the motherboard. It is a BGA1440 Package supporting the GT2 and GT4 Graphics Configuration. E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processor supports different technologies and it has features like greater CPU and GPU performance and reduces consumption of power.

3.1.2 Intel Skylake PCH

The H-Processor line of the Skylake is offered in a two chip platform. Platform Controlled Hub (PCH) is a separate IC along with the E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processor. PCH controls certain data paths and support functions used in conjunction with Intel E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processor. The PCH provides extensive I/O support.

The following are some of its key features:

ACPI Power Management Logic Support

PCI express Base specification

USB Dual Role/OTG Capability

Super Speed Inter Chip (SSIC)

Direct Media Interface (DMI)

Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI)

Flexible I/O—Allows some high speed I/O signals to be configured as PCIe*, SATA or USB 3.0.

General Purpose Input Output (GPIO)

Low Pin Count (LPC) interface



Interrupt controller

Timer functions

3.2 DDR4 2133 MemoryThe PCIE-7210/7211 card comes with four DDR4 SODIMM channels, two on each E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processor. Each DIMM is populated with 8GB of memory. That means, each processor has an 16GB DDR4 memory (8GB on each channel) running at DDR4-2133 speed, resulting a total 32GB of memory on each PCIE-7210/7211 card.

3.3 SSD MemoryThe PCIE-7211-2 card comes with two on board SSD Memory interfaces, one for each processor. Each SSD memory supports upto 128GB.

Note: PCIE-7210-2(EOL) and PCIE-7210-2-3GHZ(EOL) variants do not have SSD Memory interface.

3.4 Ethernet Controller

3.4.1 82599

This is a PCIe port Gen2 x8 interface, which is connected to a dual port Ethernet controller. It appears to the E3 software as 2 unique MAC addresses.

The 82599 provides complete functionality to support up to two 10 Gb/s ports.

Each DDR4 SODIMM channel is expandable up to 16GB.



3.4.2 I210

The 1 G Ethernet Interface (PCIE port2) of each PCH is connected to 2nd Edge connector through I210 interface.

Note: PCIE-7210-2(EOL) and PCIE-7210-2-3GHZ(EOL) variants do not have the I210 1GbE Ethernet interface.

3.5 PowerA 12 V power supply is provided to the card through two PCIe Gold Finger edge connectors (Edge connector 1 and Edge connector 2). There is a voltage and current monitor circuit on the 12V bus to PCH1. This can be used to measure the power consumed by card.

The Edge connector 1 provides 3.3V supply to the CPLD and the Edge connector 2 provides 3.0V RTC power to the PCH1 and PCH2.

3.6 Interface Mechanism

3.6.1 High Speed IO subsystem

The following are the list of High speed I/O peripherals on the card:

PCIe

– x8 PCIe lanes are connected between standard PCIe card edge connector and each E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processor. Each lane operates at Gen 3 (8 GT/s).

– x8 PCIe lanes are connected between each E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processor and 82599 Ethernet controller. Each lane operates at Gen 2 (5 GT/s).

– x1 PCIe lane between the each PCH and the Edge connector 2. Each lane operates at Gen 2 (5GT/s).

DDR4Intel E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processor has two memory channels. Each channel of processors is connected with DDR4 SODIMM 1 DIMM Per Channel (DPC).

Inter Processor Communication



Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers are used between E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processors for Inter CPU communication. Each device operates at 10 Gb speed.

SATA

– Two SATA ports are connected between each PCH and the Edge connector 2. Each port operates at 6 GB speed.

– One SATA port is connected between each Skylake PCH and the on board SSD module. Each port operates at 6 GB speed.

USB2.0

– Two USB2.0 ports are connected between each PCH and the Edge connector 2.

– One USB2.0 port is connected between each PCH and the Front panel USB connector.

LPC

– This interface is used between Edge connector 2, PCH, and CPLD.

– This interface is connected to the MaxCore server through the Edge connector 2.

– Speed of LPC Interface is 24MHz.

GEOne GE port is connected between each Skylake PCH and the 2nd card edge connector through I210 device.

3.6.2 Low Speed Serial Interface

3.6.2.1 Two-wire interface

System Management LogicThe System management Logic (SML) is a low speed connection for low power state mode for manageability communication.

System Management BusThe System Management Bus (SMBus) is used as interface between devices.

I2C0The I2C0 interface is connected to the inlet and outlet onboard temperature sensors.



3.6.2.2 SVID

The System V interface Definition (SVID) is a 3-wire digital interface used to transfer power management information between the Master and Slave. In PCIE-7210/7211, the processor acts as a Master and the voltage regulators act as slaves for this SVID interface.

3.6.3 Boot Controller

The boot controller is responsible for managing the boot process. The boot process loads a boot image that is stored in 128 Mbit on board SPI FLASH connected to each PCH device.

3.7 Micro SD cardThere are two microSD slots available on each PCIE-7210/7211 card. Each microSD card goes to one of the respective PCH (J2 for PCH1 and J8 for PCH2). The microSD card slot is designed either for a non- volatile storage space, and/or as a Firmware recovery option.

The microSD cards need to be inserted into their slots before power is applied to the card. The microSD slots are not hot swappable.

First insert the microSD card into the slot on PCIE-7210/7211 and then install the PCIE-7210/7211 card into the server.



The following figure shows the location of the microSD card slots on the PCIE-7210/7211 card.

3.7.1 MicroSD as Firmware Recovery Option

The microSD can be used as a BIOS recovery option. For this you need to perform the following steps:

1. Format the microSD card as FAT32, then copy the recovery firmware onto the card.

2. Insert the microSD card into the socket, and install the PCIE-7210/7211 card into the server.

3. Boot the server to a Linux CentOS.

4. Run the PCIE-7210/7211 command to recover the firmware.

Figure 3-2 microSD Card Location

CPU1- Micro SD card slot CPU2- Micro SD card slot

The process to write the recovery BIOS into the firmware over the microSD bus can take about 10 minutes.



3.7.2 MicroSD as Non-Volatile Storage

The microSD slots can accommodate up to 32GB of flash storage that can be used as storage, similar to a flash thumb drive.

3.7.3 MicroSD as Boot Device

By default, during the card boot operation, the BIOS will first look for a boot record on the microSD storage device. If no boot record is found, then the card tries to PXE boot from the Server. If this is not successful, the processor reboots and tries the boot sequence again. The boot sequence can be modified in the BIOS.

3.8 Temperature SensorsThere are several temperature sensors on the PCIE-7210/7211 card. Two SPD memory temperature sensor devices on the card scattered around the card. Each SPD device has a temperature sensor in addition.The SPD temperature sensor can be used to measure the surrounding air temperature to the card corners. Also, there are temperature sensors built into each SODIMM modules.



Figure 3-3 shows the location of the temperature sensors on the card.

3.9 Clock DistributionClocking for each CPU complex consists of two input crystals. One 24 Mhz crystal to drive all the main buses and a 32.768 Khz crystal to drive the real time clock. Processor clocks are driven from PCH device. Each CPU has a dual channel memory, each memory channel provides an 1066.67 Mhz clock to their respective memory channel.

3.10 Reset ManagementEach PCH reset is controlled by the CPLD. CPU and Peripheral reset are controlled by PCH. During power up the CPLD state machine drives the reset control to each CPU during an induced reset from the front panel reset switch.

For more information about Reset button, refer the section Controls on page 66.

Figure 3-3 Location of Temperature Sensors - Secondary Side

U68 Temperature SensorU91 Temperature Sensor



3.11 JTAGThe PCIe slot JTAG pins are mapped to the CPLD JTAG programming pins.

CPLD programming port at connector P2 (Independent connector for CPLD)

E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 and PCH JTAG pins are connected to XDP connector

Chapter 4


Controls, Indicators, and Connectors

This chapter contains information about the controls, indicators, and connectors associated with the PCIE-7210/7211 card.

4.1 Connectors

4.1.1 PCIE-7210/7211 Faceplate View

The following figure shows the faceplate view of PCIE-7210/7211 card.

Figure 4-1 PCIE-7210/7211 Faceplate

Push Button Reset CPU1

Push Button Reset CPU2

USB2.0 CPU1

USB2.0 CPU2

Console via USB 2.0CPU1 & CPU2

User LED CPU1

User LED CPU2



The PCIE-7210/7211 card comes with two gold finger edge connectors referred as Edge Connector 1 and Edge Connector 2.

4.1.2 Edge Connector 1

This section provides information about the PCIE-7210/7211 card Edge Connector 1 (Gold Finger) pinout.

Table 4-1 Edge Connector 1 Pinout

Pin # Name Side B Description Name Side A Description

1 +12V +12 Volt power PRSNT#1 PCIe edge present input

2 +12V +12 Volt power +12V +12 Volt power


4 GND Ground GND Ground

5 SMCLK PCIE EDGE SMBCLK SMBus (System Management Bus) Clock

JTAG2 PCIe Edge Test Clock (TCK)

6 SMDAT PCIE EDGE SMBDAT SMBus (System Management Bus) Data

JTAG3 PCIe Edge Test Data Input (TDI)

7 GND Ground JTAG4 PCIe Edge Test Data Output (TDO)

8 +3.3V 3.3 Volt power JTAG5 PCIe Edge Test Mode Select (TMS)

9 JTAG1 PCIE EDGE TRST L TRST# (Test Reset) resets the JTAG interface

+3.3V 3.3 Volt power

10 3.3V AUX 3.3 Volt auxiliary power +3.3V 3.3 Volt power

11 WAKE# Signal for Link reactivation PRST# Reset

Mechanical Key

12 RSVD Reserved GND Ground

13 GND Ground REFCLK+ Reference clock

14 Tx_P(0) Transmitter Lane 0 REFCLK- Differential pair



15 Tx_N(0) Differential pair GND Ground

16 GND Ground Rx_P(0) Receiver Lane 0

17 PRSNT2# Hot-Plug presence detect Rx_N(0) Differential pair


19 Tx_P(1) Transmitter Lane 1 RSVD Reserved



22 GND Ground Rx_N(1) Differential pair

23 Tx_P(2) Transmitter Lane 2 GND Ground







30 RSVD Reserved Rx_N(3) Differential pair

31 PRSNT2# Hot-Plug presence detect GND Ground

32 GND Ground RSVD Reserved









Table 4-1 Edge Connector 1 Pinout (continued)










47 GND Ground Rx_P(7) Receiver Lane7

48 PRSNT2# Hot-Plug presence detect Rx_N(7) Differential pair























4.1.3 Edge Connector 2

This section provides information about the PCIE-7210/7211 card Edge Connector 2 pinout.















81 PRSNT#2 Hot plug present detect Rx_N(14) Differential pair

82 RSVD#2 Reserved GND Ground



Table 4-2 PCIE-7210/7211 Card Edge Connector 2 Pinout











8 CON_VBAT

Battery supply voltage CON SLOT ID0

Board identification address bits

9 CON_SMB_ALERT_N

SM Bus alert signal CON SLOT ID1

10 GND Ground CON SLOT ID2

11 PCH2_UART1_EXT_TXD

UART1 transmitter of PCH2 CON SLOT ID3

Mechanical Key

12 PCH2_UART1_EXT_RXD

UART1 receiver of PCH2 GND Ground

13 GND Ground PCH1_UART1_EXT_TXD

UART1 transmitter of PCH1

14 GND Ground PCH1_UART1_EXT_RXD

UART1 receiver of PCH1

15 PCH2_USB2_BMC_DP

USB port of PCH2 GND Ground

16 PCH2_USB2_BMC_DM

Differential pair GND Ground

17 GND Ground PCH1_USB2_BMC_DP

USB port of PCH1

Table 4-2 PCIE-7210/7211 Card Edge Connector 2 Pinout (continued)




18 GND Ground PCH1_USB2_BMC_DM

Differential pair

19 PCH2_GE0_EXT_RX_D_P

Gigabit Ethernet port receiver of PCH2 (Diff pair)

GND Ground

20 PCH2_GE0_EXT_RX_D_M

GND Ground

21 GND Ground PCH2_GE0_EXT_TX_D_P

Gigabit Ethernet port transmitter of PCH2 (Diff pair)

22 GND Ground PCH2_GE0_EXT_TX_D_M

23 PCH1_GE0_EXT_RX_D_P

Gigabit Ethernet port receiver of PCH1 (Diff pair)

GND Ground

24 PCH1_GE0_EXT_RX_D_M

GND Ground

25 GND Ground PCH1_GE0_EXT_TX_D_P

Gigabit Ethernet port transmitter of PCH1 (Diff pair)

26 GND Ground PCH1_GE0_EXT_TX_D_M

27 PCH2_CLK_100M_REFCLK_DP

Reference Clock of PCH2 GND Ground

28 PCH2_CLK_100M_REFCLK_DN






29 GND Ground PCH1_100M_REFCLK_DP

Reference Clock of PCH1

30 GND Ground PCH1_100M_REFCLK_DN

Differential pair

31 CON_EXT_PRSNT_N

PCIe edge present input GND Ground

32 NC Not connected NC Not connected








40 PCH2_LPC_LAD0

LPC Port of PCH2 bus PCH2_LPC_LFRAME_N

LPC Frame of PCH2

41 PCH2_LPC_LAD1

PCH2_SERIRQ

LPC Interrupt signal

42 PCH2_LPC_LAD2

PCH_SKL2_PLTRST_N

LPC reset signal

43 PCH2_LPC_LAD3

GND Ground

44 GND Ground PCH2_CLKOUT_LPC0

LPC clock of PCH2





45 PCH1_LPC_LAD0

LPC Port of PCH1 bus GND Ground

46 PCH1_LPC_LAD1

PCH1_LPC_LFRAME_N

LPC Frame of PCH1

47 PCH1_LPC_LAD2

PCH1_SERIRQ

LPC Interrupt signal

48 PCH1_LPC_LAD3

PCH_SKL1_PLTRST_N

LPC reset signal


50 PCH2_USB2_IOMOD_DP

USB2 port of PCH2 PCH1_CLKOUT_LPC0

LPC clock of PCH1

51 PCH2_USB2_IOMOD_DM


52 GND Ground PCH1_USB2_IOMOD_DP

USB2 port of PCH1

53 GND Ground PCH1_USB2_IOMOD_DM

Differential pair

54 PCH2_P2E_EXT_RX_D_P

PCIe receiver of PCH2 (Diff pair)

GND Ground

55 PCH2_P2E_EXT_RX_D_M

GND Ground

56 GND Ground PCH2_P2E_EXT_TX_D_P

PCIe transmitter of PCH2 (Diff pair)

57 GND Ground PCH2_P2E_EXT_TX_D_M





58 PCH2_SATA1_RX_D_P

SATA1receiver Port of PCH2

(Diff pair)

GND Ground

59 PCH2_SATA1_RX_D_M

GND Ground

60 GND Ground PCH2_SATA1_TX_D_P

SATA1 transmitter port of PCH2 (Diff pair)

61 GND Ground PCH2_SATA1_TX_D_M


SATA0receiver port of PCH2 (Diff pair)

GND Ground


GND Ground




66 PCH1_P2E_EXT_RX_D_P

PCIe receiver of PCH1 (Diff pair)

GND Ground

67 PCH1_P2E_EXT_RX_D_M

GND Ground

68 GND Ground PCH1_P2E_EXT_TX_D_P

PCIe transmitter of PCH1

(Diff pair)

69 GND Ground PCH1_P2E_EXT_TX_D_M






SATA1 receiver port of PCH1 (Diff pair)

GND Ground


GND Ground





SATA0 receiver port of PCH1 (Diff pair)

GND Ground


GND Ground




78 NC Not connected GND Ground

79 NC Not connected GND Ground

80 GND Ground NC Not connected

81 GND Ground NC Not connected

82 CON_MNGR_PRSNT_N

Management signal GND Ground





4.1.4 Micro USB UART Port

The micro USB-UART port is the UART0 port of the PCH through CP2105-F01-GMR silabs device.

4.1.5 MicroUSB Port

The micro USB port is the USB 1 port of the PCH.

Table 4-3 Micro USB-UART port pinout

Pin Name

1 VBUS

2 Data-

3 Data+

4 Identification

5 GND

Table 4-4 Micro USB port pinout

Pin Name

1 VCC 5V

2 Data-

3 Data+

4 Identification

5 GND



4.2 LEDsThe following figure shows the general usage LEDs D17, D15, D13, D14, D16, D14, D12, and D10.

Figure 4-2 General Usage LEDs

Table 4-5 Sleep Signal Status

LED Representation Value Status

D17 CPU 2 - In sleep state

1 LED will not glow.

CPU 2 - Out of sleep state

0 LED will be glowing.

D15 CPU 1 - In sleep state

1 LED will not glow.

CPU 1 - Out of sleep state

0 LED will be glowing.

61D51D 31D 11DD17 41D 21D 01D

K KKK K KKK



The following figure shows the faceplate LEDs D22 and D21.

By default, the LEDs D17 and D15 will be glowing.

Figure 4-3 Faceplate LEDs

Table 4-6 Faceplate LEDs

LED Processor Value Status

D21 CPU1 Blinking Red On board power failure /CPU shutdown by OS

Green CPU power UP

None CPU power OFF

D22 CPU2 Blinking Red On board power failure /CPU shutdown by OS

Green CPU power UP

None CPU power OFF

Table 4-5 Sleep Signal Status (continued)

LED Representation Value StatusD2

2D2

1



The following figure shows the CPU1 and CPU2 NIC 82599 LEDs D40, D44, D36, and D32.

Figure 4-4 Location of CPU1 and CPU2 NIC 82599 LEDs

Table 4-7 CPU1 and CPU2 NIC 82599 LEDs

Label # Color Status Description

Debug LEDs

D32 Green Port 0 CPU1 - LINK/ACTIVITY (Asserted steady when link is established and there is no transmit or receive activity.

Blinking when there is link and receive or Transmit activity.)





D40

D44

D32

D36

K K KK



The following figure shows the CPU1 i210 LEDs D30, D31, and D33.



Figure 4-5 Location of CPU1 i210 LEDs

Table 4-8 CPU1 I210 LEDs


Debug LEDs

D30 Green I210 Default - Link Up/Activity (200 ms on/200 ms off)

D31 Green I210 Default - Link 1000


Table 4-7 CPU1 and CPU2 NIC 82599 LEDs (continued)




The following figure shows the CPU2 i210 LEDs D27, D28, and D29.

Figure 4-6 Location of CPU2 I210 LED Top

Figure 4-7 Location of CPU2 i210 LEDs Bottom



The following figure shows the CPU1 USB2240 LED D3.

Table 4-9 CPU2 i210 LEDs


Debug LEDs

D27 Green I210 Default - Link Up/Activity (200 ms on/200 ms off)



Figure 4-8 Location of CPU1 USB2240 LEDs

D3



The following figure shows the CPU2 USB2240 LED D18.

Figure 4-9 Location of CPU2 USB2240 LEDs

Table 4-10 CPU1 and CPU2 USB2240 LEDs


Debug LEDs

D3 Green CPU1 USB2240 – GPIO1

D18 Green CPU2 USB2240 – GPIO2

D18



4.3 ControlsA reset button is available at the rear side of the PCIE-7210/7211 card. By pressing the reset button (labeled as S1), CPLD on the card get reset. The following figure shows the reset button location on the PCIE-7210/7211 card.

There are two reset buttons available at the faceplate of the PCIE-7210/7211 card.

By pressing the button (labeled as S3), PCH1 on the card gets reset.

By pressing the button (labeled as S2), PCH2 on the card gets reset.

The following figure shows the reset button locations on the card.

Figure 4-10 Reset Button S1 Location

CPLD Reset Button S1



Figure 4-11 Reset Button S2 and S3 Location

Table 4-11 Switch S6 Settings

Switch Description Default

S6.1 OFF: CPU power control from MaxCore

ON: CPU power control from onboard CPLD

OFF CPU Power control from MaxCore

S6.2 OFF: 3.0V (RTC power) from MaxCore

ON: 3.0V (RTC power) from on board

OFF 3.0V (RTC power) from MaxCore

S6.3 Reserved OFF Reserved

S6.4 Reserved OFF Reserved

CPU1 Reset button S3

CPU2 Reset button S2

Switch S6



4.4 Switch Settings for MC1000 and Micro PlatformsFollowing are the switch settings for power up of PCIE-7210/7211 card under MC1000/Micro platforms.

Figure 4-12 Switch Settings S6 Location

Figure 4-13 Switch Settings for MaxCore MC1000/Micro



Table 4-12 Switch Settings for MaxCore MC1000/Micro

Switch MaxCore 1000 MaxCore Micro

S6.1 OFF (left side position) ON (right side position)

S6.2 OFF (left side position) OFF (left side position)



Chapter 5


BIOS

This chapter describes about BIOS setup, serial port configuration parameters, steps to access the BIOS setup screen, and configuring the BIOS settings.

The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) acts as an interface between the operating system and the hardware of the card. Before loading the operating system, BIOS performs basic hardware tests and prepares the card for the initial boot-up procedure.

Using BIOS Setup, you can perform the following tasks:

Obtain system information

Hardware set-up utility for setting configuration data

Boot configuration for a flexible boot order

The BIOS Setup program is required to configure the hardware of the card. This configuration is necessary for operating the card and the peripherals connected to it. The configuration data is stored as part of a boot flash, since the configuration data storage needs to be non-volatile.

5.1 Accessing the BIOS Setup ScreenWhen the system is turned on or rebooted, the presence and functionality of the system components is tested by POST (Power-On Self Test).

Do not enable Core C-States and Intel Turbo Mode. They are disabled intentionally.

The menus shown in the figures in this chapter are from a typical system. The actual menus displayed on the screen may be different and depend on the hardware and features installed on the system.

BIOS


To access BIOS Setup screen, press <F2> when the message Press <F2> to enter BIOS setup appears on the screen. The following figure depicts a sample BIOS Setup screen.

Select Save and Exit after making a selection in the setup menus. This procedure stores the selections displayed in the menus in CMOS. At the time of next boot up, BIOS configures the system according to the setup selection stored in CMOS.

For more details, refer to the section Exit Menu on page 87. CMOS is a generic term, which is used to refer to the storage device that stores BIOS configuration data.

Figure 5-1 BIOS Setup Screen

BIOS Setup screenMenu Bar Legend Bar

BIOS


In order to navigate setup, use the arrow keys on the key to highlight items on the menu. All other navigation possibilities are shown at the bottom of the menu. Additionally, an item-specific help is displayed on the right hand side of the menu window. It displays the help text for the currently selected field.

If you have performed any unwanted changes or not sure about configuration settings, restore the default values.

To restore default values:

1. Press <F2> on the key to return to setup.

2. Press <F9> to restore the system defaults.

Or

1. Press <F2> to return to the BIOS setup.

2. Go to the Exit menu and select Load setup Defaults.The default BIOS values are loaded and the values will affect all setup items and also the previously altered reset options.

Make sure that BIOS is properly configured prior to installing the operating system and its drivers.

If any changes are saved in the setup, the next time when the card boots, BIOS configures the system according to the setup selections stored. If those values cause the system boot to fail, reboot and enter setup to get the default values or to change the selections that caused the failure.

The default values set become effective only after saving and exiting the BIOS setup. Till then, they are loaded only for display purposes.

BIOS


5.1.1 Menu Bar

Table 5-1 provides information about the BIOS Setup screen menu bar options.

5.1.2 Legend Bar

The keys listed in the legend bar below on the Figure 5-1 screen are used to make selections on screen or to move out of the current menu. The legend keys and their alternate options are explained in Table 5-2. All submenus are indicated by ‘>’.

To select an item, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired field and then use the plus (+) and minus (-) value keys to select a value for that field. After that, use Save Change Without Exit command in the Exit menu to save the values currently displayed in all the menus.

Table 5-1 BIOS Setup Menu Bar

Menu Description

Main Configuring the basic system.

Advanced Setting the advanced features available on the system chipset.

Security Setting the security password.

Power Setting advanced power features available on the system chipset.

Boot Changing the boot device order.

Exit Moving out of the current menu.

Incorrect settings can cause the system to malfunction. To rectify mistakes, use <F2> on the key to return to setup and restore the system defaults by pressing <F9>. Alternatively you can press <F2> to return to the BIOS setup and go to the Exit menu and select Load setup Defaults.

BIOS


To display a submenu, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired submenu and then press <Enter>.

5.1.3 Field Help

The help text of the selected field is displayed on the right side of the screen. By scrolling through each field, the related help text of the active selection is displayed.

Table 5-2 Legend Keys

Key Function

F1 Displays general help window.

Esc Exits the menu or the BIOS Setup program without saving any changes.

Left and Right Arrow Keys Selects a different menu (moves the cursor left or right).

Up and Down Arrow Keys Select an item (moves cursor up and down).

F5 or F6 Change values

Enter Executes command or selects a submenu.

F9 Loads the defaults configuration values for this menu.

F10 Saves the changes and exits.

PgUp or PgDn Moves cursor to next or previous page.

BIOS


5.1.4 General Help

You can press <F1>on the key in any menu context to invoke the general help window. The general help window describes the legend keys and their alternates as shown in the following figure. The scroll bar on the right side of any window indicates that there is more than one page of information in the window.

5.2 Configuring BIOS Setup SettingsThis section provides BIOS configuration in each of the menu options.

Figure 5-2 General Help Menu

BIOS


5.2.1 Main Menu

To view the Main menu, select the Main tab from the menu bar.

To modify menu screen items, scroll down the Main screen. The following screen appears.

The following table provides the list of features that can be configured in Main menu.

By default, the Main tab is selected on the BIOS Setup screen.

Figure 5-3 Main Menu

Table 5-3 Main Menu

Selection Options/Format Description

Language English/French/Chinese/Japanese Set the setup language

BIOS


5.2.2 Advanced Menu

To view Advanced menu, select Advanced tab from the menu bar.

Use the legend keys to make a selection or exit in/from the Advanced menu.

System Time HH:MM:SS Set the system time

System Date MM/DD/YYYY Set the system date

Table 5-3 Main Menu

Selection Options/Format Description

Figure 5-4 Advanced Menu

BIOS


The following table provides the frequently configurable settings in the Advanced menu. The other configurations shown in the Advanced menu are default values and need not be configured.

5.2.2.1 Boot Configuration

The following figure shows the Boot Configuration submenu.

Table 5-4 Advanced Menu

Feature Description

Boot Configuration To select the boot configuration.

Console Redirection To change console redirection parameter.

Figure 5-5 Boot Configuration

BIOS


The following table provides information about options in the Boot Configuration submenu and their default values.

5.2.2.2 Console Redirection Setup

The following figure shows the Console Redirection Setup submenu screen. The settings are applied to all ports, if selected. Individual submenus are available, if there is a need for separate port configuration.

The values shown in the tables enclosed within brackets [...] indicate the default settings.

Table 5-5 Boot Configuration

Feature Options Description

Numlock [On]

Off

Enables or disables Numlock.

Figure 5-6 Console Redirection Setup

BIOS


The following table provides information about the feature options in the Console Redirection Setup submenu and their defaults values.

Table 5-6 Console Redirection Setup

Feature Option Description

Console Serial Redirection

[Enabled]

Disabled

Enables or disables the Console Redirection.

Terminal Type [VT_100]

VT_100+

VT_UTF8

PC_ANSI

Selects the terminal type.

Baud Rate [115200]

57600

38400

19200

9600

4800

2400

1200

Selects the baud rate.

Data Bits 7 Bits

[8 Bits]

Selects the data bits.

Parity [none]

Even

Odd

Selects the parity.

Stop Bits [1 Bit]

2 Bits

Selects the stop bits.

Flow Control [None]

RTS/CTS

XON/XOFF

Selects the flow control.

BIOS


Information Wait Time 0 Second

2 Second

[5 Second]

10 Second

30 Second

Selects the information screen display time.

C.R. After Post [Yes]

No

Selects if the Console Redirections is enabled after Post.

Text Mode Resolution AUTO

[Force 80x25]

Force 80x24 (DEL FIRST ROW)

Force 80x24 (DEL LAST ROW)

Selects the text mode resolution.

AutoRefresh Disabled

[Enabled]

Selects if the terminal will be refreshed after a console is detected.

FailSafeBaudRate [Disabled]

Enabled

Selects if the baud rate automatically changes to one of the terminals it can be detected.

ACPI SPCR Table [Disabled]

Enabled

Selects if the SPCR ACPI table will be included (for Windows EMS).

Table 5-6 Console Redirection Setup (continued)


BIOS


5.2.3 Security Menu

To view the Security menu, select Security tab from the menu bar. Use the legend keys to make a selection and exit from the Security menu. The Security menu appears as shown in the following figure.

The following table provides other options in the Security menu and their defaults.

Figure 5-7 Security Menu


BIOS


5.2.4 Power Menu

To view the Power menu, select the Power tab from the menu bar. The Power menu is displayed which looks similar to the following figure.

Table 5-7 Security Menu


Set Supervisor Password - Sets the password

Figure 5-8 Power Menu

BIOS


5.2.5 Boot Menu

To view the Boot menu, select Boot tab on the menu bar. The Boot menu screen is displayed as shown below.

The following table provides options in the Boot menu and their default settings.

Figure 5-9 Boot Menu

Table 5-8 Boot Menu


Boot Type Dual Boot Type

Legacy Boot Type

[UEFI Boot Type]

Selects the boot type

Quick Boot [Enabled]

Disabled

Enables or disables the quick boot feature which skip certain tests to decrease the boot time

Quiet Boot [Enabled]

Disabled

Enables or disables the booting in text mode

BIOS


Network Stack [Disabled]

Enabled

Enables or disables UEFI and Legacy network support

PXE Boot capability [Disabled]

UEFI:IPv4

UEFI:IPv6

UEFI:IPv4/IPv6

Legacy

Enables or disables the alternate PXE boot modes

Power Up In Standby Support

[Disabled] -

Add Boot Options First

Last

[Auto]

Selects the position of an added boot device

ACPI Selection Acpi1.0B

Acpi3.0

Acpi4.0

[Acpi5.0]

Selects the supported ACPI version

USB Boot [Enabled]

Disabled

Enables or disables USB boot support

EFI Device First [Disabled]

Enabled

Selects if UEFI (if enabled) or Legacy (if disabled) is the first boot device

Timeout [2] Selects the timeout in seconds before the first boot attempt

Automatic Failover Disabled

[Enabled]

Selects if another boot devices is used after the first one failed

EFI - Change EFI boot order settings

Legacy - Change Legacy boot order settings

Table 5-8 Boot Menu (continued)


BIOS


5.2.6 Exit Menu

To view the Exit menu, select Exit tab from the menu bar. Use the legend keys to make a selection or exit to the main menu. The Exit menu screen looks similar to the figure below.

The following table provides Exit menu features and their description.


Figure 5-10 Exit Menu

Table 5-9 Exit Menu

Feature Description

Exit Saving Changes Exits the setup and saves the changes

BIOS


5.3 BIOS Boot ParameterThe BIOS reads the boot parameters from CPLD's shared memory and interprets the parameters for various purposes. The BIOS Boot Parameters are supported from BIOS version 2.1.5. The following is the supported BIOS Boot parameter list:

fw_con_br=9600/19200/38400/57600/115200 # BIOS Setup > Advanced > Console Redirection-Baud Rate

fw_sata=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced >|PCH-IO Configuration > SATA Configuration > SATA Controller(s)

fw_sata_mode=ahci/raid # BIOS Setup > Advanced >|PCH-IO Configuration > SATA Configuration > SATA Mode Selectionfw_sata_alpm=on/off # BIOS Setup > Advanced >|PCH-IO Configuration > SATA Configuration > Aggressive LPM Support

fw_usb=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced > USB Configuration > USB BIOS Support

fw_usb0=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced > PCH-IO Configuration > USB Configuration > USB HS Physical Connector #0 /*-- MicroSD */

Save Changes Without Exit Saves the changes without exiting

Exit Discarding Changes Exits the setup and discards the changes

Load Setup Defaults Loads the default setup parameter

Discard Changes Discards all changes performed

Table 5-9 Exit Menu (continued)

Feature Description

BIOS


fw_usb1=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced > PCH-IO Configuration > USB Configuration > USB HS Physical Connector #1 /* Front Panel USB */

fw_usb2=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced > PCH-IO Configuration > USB Configuration > USB HS Physical Connector #2 /* backplane USB */

fw_usb3=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced > PCH-IO Configuration > USB Configuration > USB HS Physical Connector #3 /* backplane USB */

fw_pci_spread=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced > System Agent (SA) Configuration > PEG Port Configuration > PCIe Spread Spectrum Clocking

fw_primary_display=auto/igfx/peg/pchpci/sg # BIOS Setup > Advanced > System Agent (SA) Configuration > Graphics Configuration -> Primary Display

fw_internal_graphics=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced > System Agent SA) Configuration > Graphics Configuration -> Internal Graphics

fw_uefi_dual_vga=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced > System Agent (SA) Configuration > Graphics Configuration > Dual Vga controllers Support

fw_cpu_x2apic=off/on # BIOS Setup > Advanced > System Agent (SA) Configuration > X2APIC Opt Out

BIOS


fw_cpu_hp=off/on # BIOS Setup > power > CPU Configuration > Hardware Prefetcherfw_cpu_acp=off/on # BIOS Setup > power > CPU Configuration > Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

fw_cpu_vt=off/on # BIOS Setup > power > CPU Configuration > Intel (VMX) Virtualization Technology

fw_cpu_ht=off/on # BIOS Setup > power > CPU Configuration > Hyper-Threading

fw_cpu_tm=off/on # BIOS Setup > power > Power & Performance > CPU - Power Management Control > Turbo Mode

fw_cpu_cstates=off/on # BIOS Setup > power > Power & Performance > CPU - Power Management Control > CPU C State Control > CPU C State

fw_skip_shell=off/on # BIOS Setup->Advanced->Boot Configuration->Skip Internal EFI Shell

fw_cpu_cslimit=c0c1/c2/c3/c6/Auto # BIOS Setup > power > Power & Performance > CPU - Power \Management Control > Package C State Limit

fw_boot_type=dual /uefi # BIOS Setup > Boot > Boot Type

fw_PxeBoot=off/on # BIOS Setup > Boot > NetworkStack

fw_boot_netprot=ipv4/ipv6/ipv4v6 # BIOS Setup > Boot > PXE Boot capability

fw_boot_usb=off/On # BIOS Setup > Boot > USB Boot

fw_boot_order=[<bootdev>{[,<bootdev>]}]

bootdev: full name of a boot option, as it is shown by the BIOS,

BIOS


or one of the following predefined selfspeaking names

efisdcard # EFI on board microSD

sdcard # legacy option - on board SD card

efiobsata # EFI On board SATA

efiiomsata0

efiiomsata1

obsata # legacy option - on board SATA

efishell

efinet4 (MAC) # MAC - MAC address in the form XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX

efinet6 (MAC) # MAC - MAC address in the form XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX

BIOS


Chapter 6


Software Information

This chapter provides references to software installation and use manuals related to OS, Basic Blade Services (BBS) software installation, and firmware upgrades of PCIE-721x card.

6.1 OS and BBS InformationFor more information about the OS and Basic Blade Services (BBS) software installation and booting procedure of a PCIE-721x card installed in MaxCore MC3000 Platform, refer to MaxCore™ MC3000 Platform Software Installation and Use manual.

6.2 Firmware UpgradeFor more information about the firmware upgrades (CPLD and BIOS upgrades), refer to MaxCore™ MC3000 Platform Software Installation and Use manual.

Software Information


Appendix A


MaxCore Firmware Upgrade

A.1 MaxCore Firmware UpgradeThere are several firmware elements in a MaxCore system that may need upgrades throughout the product’s life cycle. Some firmware elements are part of the system itself and some reside on PCIe cards. This section provides information on how to upgrade the firmware elements that are part of the system only. The following is the list of firmware elements that come under this group:

BMC firmware

Glue CPLD logic

Companion CPLD logic

IO-Module CPLD logic

This section is not intended to describe the firmware upgrades for elements on Artesyn PCIe cards. You can ignore this chapter, if you are using Artesyn’s SSF to upgrade Firmware components. SSF is the preferred method to upgrade the MaxCore firmware. For more information, refer to System Services Framework for MaxCore™ Platform XML Interface Guide.

A.1.1 Obtaining Revisions of Firmware Components

The firmware upgrade of a firmware component is necessary only if firmware components are not found to be up-to-date.

All the examples provided in the following sections are by assuming that the BMC’s IP address is the default of 192.168.201.9. If the address has been modified (for example, via the WEB interface) replace the default with the modified address accordingly in the examples.

It is strongly recommended to upgrade all the firmware elements to their latest version, if any of the upgrades is due. Performing only selective firmware upgrades is not recommended, because this may lead to incompatibilities between the BMC firmware version and CPLD logic elements.



You can manage the system firmware elements as HPM.1 components. You can determine the revision of the HPM.1 firmware components using the tool called ipmitool. You can download it from http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net.

You need to install this tool on a remote machine (for example, on a PC). You need to have a network connection from the remote machine to the BMC.

You can run the following command to determine the revisions:

./ipmitool –I lan –H 192.168.201.9 –U admin –P admin hpm check

A.1.2 Upgrade Procedure

This section describes the step-by-step procedure to upgrade firmware images on a MaxCore MC3000 prototype.

Procedure

To upgrade the firmware elements, perform the following steps:

1. Upgrade the BMC Firmware The BMC firmware should always be the first element to be upgraded. You can skip this step, if the BMC firmware already has the latest version.

There are different versions of ipmitool available, each using different command sets to the BMC. MaxCore has been tested with ipmitool version v.1.8.14 and it is strongly recommended to use this version of ipmitool in order to avoid errors when communicating with the BMC.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool/



You can upgrade the BMC firmware through the BMC’s web browser accessed from the remote machine (network connection from remote machine to BMC required) through the IP address 192.168.201.9 with Username admin and Password admin

BMC firmware revisions higher or equal to version 1.5.0 support two firmware images (active and inactive) to be maintained.

Firmware upgrades via web browser are only supported by firmware revisions higher than v1.0.10 (the BMC firmware revision can be retrieved with ipmitool, refer to Obtaining Revisions of Firmware Components on page 95). In case the BMC firmware revision installed does not support upgrades via the web browser, the BMC FW EEPROM needs to be extracted from its socket on the MaxCore backplane and needs to be reprogrammed with a flasher hardware device (this option is required for very first prototypes only).



To view more details, open the Dual Image Configuration screen by clicking Firmware Update > Dual Image Configuration.

In the Dual Image Configuration screen, choose the required Image (that need to be booted after firmware option upgrade) and click Save.

Figure A-1 Dual Image Configuration



To open Firmware Update screen, click Firmware Update > Firmware Update from menu bar.

Figure A-2 Firmware Update - Upgrade

Do not modify the image to be updated. Never update the image you have booted successfully from.



Select Preserve Configuration to preserve the network configuration (IP, username, password, DHCP, VLAN).

Click Enter Update Mode and follow the wizard through the upgrade. Select Full Flash check box to perform a complete firmware upgrade always.

2. Upgrade the Companion CPLD

You can skip this step, if the Companion CPLD firmware already has the most recent version. For more information, refer to MaxCore MC3000 Release Notes.Use the following command to upgrade the IO-CPLD../ipmitool –I lan –H 192.168.201.9 –U admin –P admin hpm upgrade mc3000-cpld-companion-0.2.6.hpm component 3 force

3. Upgrade the Glue CPLDYou can skip this step, if the Glue CPLD firmware already has the most recent version. Use the following command to upgrade the Glue CPLD.

In any case, if you observe that the firmware upgrade fails, repeat the firmware upgrade procedure again.

Firmware upgrade progress is not seen immediately. As the first step, the ipmitool loads the firmware image into the BMC. This may take some time (~30sec). In the next step, the ipmitool states Writing firmware: 100% completed. Please do not stop execution at this point, ipmitool is still working!

Wait until the following message appears “Firmware upgrade procedure successful” (~2min).



./ipmitool –I lan –H 192.168.201.9 –U admin –P admin hpm upgrade mc3000-cpld-glue-0.3.0.hpm component 2 force

4. Upgrade the IO-Module CPLD You can skip this step, if you have already programmed the actual firmware. Use the following command to upgrade the IO-CPLD../ipmitool –I lan –H 192.168.201.9 –U admin –P admin hpm upgrade mc3000-cpld-iomod-0.4.0 component 4 force

If you observe that the firmware upgrade fails, repeat the firmware upgrade procedure again.

Firmware upgrade progress is not seen immediately. As the first step, the ipmitool loads the firmware image into the BMC. This may take some time (~2min). In the next step, the ipmitool states "Writing firmware: 100% completed".Please do not stop execution at this point, ipmitool is still working! Wait until the following message appears "Firmware upgrade procedure successful" (~3min).



5. Remove and reinsert power plug.

A.1.3 Troubleshooting

This section is provided in this chapter to assist you with troubleshooting.

A.1.3.1 CPLD FW Upgrade Failed

Do not switch off system power until "ipmitool prompts Firmware upgrade procedure successful" or "Firmware upgrade procedure failed" message. Upgrading the "IO-Module" CPLD may take very long (~25min).

In any case, if you observe that the firmware upgrade fails, repeat the firmware upgrade procedure again.

You cannot see the Firmware upgrade progress immediately. As the first step, the ipmitool loads the firmware image into the BMC. This may take some time (~2min). In the next step, the ipmitool states Writing firmware: 100% completed.Please do not stop execution at this point, ipmitool is still working! Wait until the following message appears Firmware upgrade procedure successful (~3min).

The “IO-Module” CPLD on early MaxCore prototypes cannot be upgraded at all (even when the revision can be read). Any attempt will fail during programming immediately. The revision of the respective system module can be determined only by dismounting the device and evaluating the part number at the PCB (8406843P41A PCB REV A). Contact your local Artesyn executive, if the firmware upgrade on such a system becomes necessary.Subsequent firmware upgrades can be performed much faster due to a change in the I2C controller implementation in the CPLDs.



In case when ipmitool reports “Firmware upgrade procedure failed” message, power cycle the system, and evaluate the firmware revision of the firmware component just programmed (for more details refer to Obtaining Revisions of Firmware Components on page 95, and if the revision programmed is not performed before, repeat the firmware upgrade procedure. If subsequent CPLD firmware upgrade fails, contact your local Artesyn executive.

A.1.3.2 BMC FW Upgrade Failed

In such a case, power cycle the system and repeat the firmware upgrade. If subsequent BMC firmware upgrade fails, contact your local Artesyn executive.

A.1.3.3 BMC Cannot Be Accessed Via IP address

In case the BMC is not accessible via its IP address anymore there is a possibility to set the BMC to its factory defaults by pressing the reset button at the IO module (the BMC will automatically reboot).

After the reboot, you can access the BMC via the IP192.168.201.9, username admin and password admin. The DHCP will be in Off mode.

Appendix B


Related Documentation

B.1 Artesyn Embedded Technologies - Embedded Computing DocumentationThe publications listed below are referenced in this manual. You can obtain electronic copies of Artesyn Embedded Technologies - Embedded Computing publications by contacting your local Artesyn sales office. For released products, you can also visit our Web site for the latest copies of our product documentation.

1. Go to www.artesyn.com/computing/support/product/technical-documentation.php.

2. Under FILTER OPTIONS, click the Document types drop-down list box to select the type of document you are looking for.

3. In the Search text box, type product or manual name and click Filter.

Table B-1 Artesyn Embedded Technologies - Embedded Computing Publications

Document Title Publication Number

SharpStreamer Pro PCIE-7210/7211 Quick Start Guide 6806800V06

SharpStreamer Pro PCIE-7210/7211 Safety Notes Summary 6806800V07

MaxCore MC3000 Platform Installation and Use 6806800T88

MaxCore MC3000 Platform Software Installation and Use 6806800U97

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