Emerson MVME7100 Quick start guide

Embedded Computing for
Business-Critical ContinuityTM
MVME7100 Single Board Computer
Installation and Use
P/N: 6806800E08C
August 2011

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About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.2 Standard Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.3 Mechanical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.4 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.4.1 Supported Board Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1.4.2 Board Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2 Hardware Preparation and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.2 Unpacking and Inspecting the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.3 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.3.1 Environmental Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.3.2 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.3.3 Thermal Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.3.4 Thermally Significant Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.3.5 Equipment Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.4 Configuring the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2.4.1 SMT Configuration Switch, S1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2.4.1.1 Safe Start Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.4.1.2 Boot Block B Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.4.1.3 Flash Bank Write Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.4.1.4 JTAG Pass-Thru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.4.1.5 Low Memory Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.4.1.6 PMC 133 MHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2.4.1.7 Master WP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2.4.2 Geographical Address Switch, S2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2.4.3 VME System Controller Select, S2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
2.5 Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
2.5.1 Transition Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
2.5.2 PMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
2.5.3 XMCspan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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2.6 Installing and Removing the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2.7 Completing the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2.8 Factory Installed Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3 Controls, LEDs, and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.2 Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.3 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.3.1 Reset/Abort Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.3.2 LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3.3.3 Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3.3.3.1 XMC Expansion Connector (J6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
3.3.3.2 Ethernet Connectors (J4A/J4B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3.3.3.3 PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) Connectors (J11 — J14, J21 — J23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3.3.3.4 Serial Port Connector (COM1/J1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
3.3.3.5 USB Connector (J2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
3.3.3.6 VMEbus P1 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
3.3.3.7 VMEbus P2 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
3.4 Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
3.4.1 Processor COP Header (P4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
3.4.2 Boundary Scan Header (P5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4 Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.2 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.3 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.4 I2C Serial Interface and Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.5 System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.6 Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.7 Ethernet Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.8 Local Bus Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.8.1 Flash Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.8.2 NVRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.8.3 Quad UART (QUART) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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4.8.4 Control and Timers PLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.9 DUART Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.10 PCI-E Port 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.10.1 VME Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.10.2 USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.11 XMC Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.12 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.12.1 Power Sequencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.12.2 Power Supply Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.12.3 Power Supply Filtering and Fusing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.13 Clock Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.13.1 System Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.13.2 Real Time Clock Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.13.3 Local Bus Controller Clock Divisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.14 Reset Control Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.15 Real Time Clock Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
5 Transition Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5.2 Transition Module Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.4 SEEPROM Address Switch, S1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.5 Rear Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5.5.1 MVME7216E PMC I/O Module (PIM) Connectors (J10, J14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
5.5.2 Ethernet Connectors (GIGE/J2B, GIGE/J2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
5.5.3 Serial Port Connectors (COM2—COM5/J1A-D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5.6 PMC Input/Output Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6 MOTLoad Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
6.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
6.2 Implementation and Memory Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
6.3 MOTLoad Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
6.3.1 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
6.3.2 Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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6.3.3 Command List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
6.4 Using the Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
6.4.1 Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.4.2 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.5 Firmware Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6.5.1 Default VME Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6.5.2 Control Register/Control Status Register Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
6.5.3 Displaying VME Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
6.5.4 Editing VME Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
6.5.5 Deleting VME Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
6.5.6 Restoring Default VME Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
6.6 Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
6.7 Boot Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
6.7.1 Checksum Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
6.7.2 Image Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
6.7.3 User Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
6.7.4 Alternate Boot Data Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
6.7.5 Alternate Boot Images and Safe Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
6.7.6 Boot Image Firmware Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
6.8 Startup Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
A Battery Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
A.1 Battery Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
B Related Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
B.1 Emerson Network Power - Embedded Computing Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
B.2 Manufacturers’ Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
B.3 Related Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Safety Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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Table 1-1 Features List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Table 1-2 Board Standard Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 1-3 Mechanical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 1-4 Board Variants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 2-1 Startup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 2-2 MVME7100 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 2-3 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table 2-4 Thermally Significant Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 2-5 Configuration Switch Settings (S1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 2-6 VME System Controller and GA Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 3-1 Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 3-2 Baseboard Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 3-3 XMC Expansion Connector (J6) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 3-4 Ethernet Connectors (J4A/J4B) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 3-5 PMC Slot 1 Connector (J11) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 3-6 PMC Slot 1 Connector (J12) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 3-7 PMC Slot 1 Connector (J13) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table 3-8 PMC Slot 1 Connector (J14) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Table 3-9 PMC Slot 2 Connector (J21) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 3-10 PMC Slot 2 Connector (J22) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Table 3-11 PMC Slot 2 Connector (J23) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 3-12 COM1 Port Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 3-13 USB Connector (J2) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 3-14 VMEbus P1 Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 3-15 VME P2 Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 3-16 Processor COP Header (P4) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Table 3-17 Boundary Scan Header (P5) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Table 4-1 Clock Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 5-1 Transition Module Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Table 5-2 SEEPROM Address Switch Assignments (RTM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Table 5-3 Switch Settings and Device Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Table 5-4 Transition Module Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Table 5-5 Transition Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Table 5-6 MVME721 Host I/O Connector (J10) Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Table 5-7 Ethernet Connectors Pin Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 5-8 COM Port Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Table 6-1 MOTLoad Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 6-2 MOTLoad Image Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Table B-1 Emerson Network Power - Embedded Computing Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Table B-2 Manufacturer’s Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Table B-3 Related Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

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Figure 2-1 Primary Side Thermally Significant Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 2-2 Secondary Side Thermally Significant Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 2-3 Switch Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 2-4 SMT Configuration Switch Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 2-5 Geographical Address Switch Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 2-6 Typical Placement of a PMC Module on a VME Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 3-1 Component Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 3-2 Front Panel LEDs, Connectors, Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 4-1 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 5-1 Component Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Figure 5-2 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 5-3 S1 Switch Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 5-4 Rear Panel Connectors and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 5-5 Installing the PIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure A-1 Battery Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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About this Manual
Overview of Contents
This manual provides the information required to install and configure an MVME7100 Single
Board Computer. Additionally, this manual provides specific preparation and installation
information and data applicable to the board.
The MVME7100 is a high-performance, dual core processor board featuring the Freescale
8641D with a dedicated bridge to each processor.
This manual is divided into the following chapters and appendices:
Chapter 1, Introduction, lists the features of the MVME7100 baseboard, standard compliances,
and model numbers for boards and accessories.
Chapter 2, Hardware Preparation and Installation, includes a description of the MVME7100,
unpacking instructions, environmental, thermal, and power requirements, and how to prepare
and install the baseboard, transition module, and PMC module.
Chapter 3, Controls, LEDs, and Connectors, provides an illustration of the board components and
front panel details. This chapter also gives descriptions for the onboard and front panel LEDs
and connectors.
Chapter 4, Functional Description, describes the major features of the MVME7100 baseboard.
These descriptions include both programming and hardware characteristics of major
components.
Chapter 5, Transition Module, describes the MVME7216E transition module used with the
MVME7100.
Chapter 6, MOTLoad Firmware, describes the role, process and commands employed by the
MVME7100 diagnostic and initialization firmware MOTLoad. This chapter also briefly describes
how to use the debugger commands.
Appendix A, Battery Exchange, describes the procedure for replacing a battery.
Appendix B, Related Documentation, provides listings for publications, manufacturer’s
documents and related industry specification for this product.
Safety Notes, contains the cautions and warnings applicable to the use of this product.
Sicherheitshinweise, is a German translation of the Safety Notes chapter.

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Abbreviations
This document uses the following abbreviations:
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AAmps
A/D Analog/Digital
ANSI American National Standard Institute
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
BGA Ball Grid Array
BLT Block Transfer
CCB Core Complex Bus
CE Chip Enable
CFM Cubic Feet per Minute
CHRP (PowerPC) Common Hardware Reference Platform
CMC Common Mezzanine Card
COM Communications
COP Common On-chip Processor
COTS Commercial-Off-the-Shelf
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
DDR Double Data Rate
oC Degrees Celsius
DLL Delay-Locked Loop
DMA Direct Memory Access
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DUART Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
ECC Error Correction Code
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

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FCC Federal Communications Commission
FEC Fast Ethernet Controller
FIFO First In First Out
F/W Firmware
fpBGA Flip chip Plastic Ball Grid Array
GB Gigabytes
Gbit Gigabit
Gbps Gigabits Per Second
GMII Gigabit Media Independent Interface
GPCM General Purpose Chip select Machine
GPR General Purpose Register
H/W Hardware
ID Identification
IDMA Independent Direct Memory Access
I/O Input/Output
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
I2C Inter IC
JTAG Joint Test Access Group
KB Kilobytes
KBAUD Kilo Baud
LBC Local Bus Controller
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light Emitting Diode
LSB Least Significant Byte
MB Megabytes
Mbit Megabit
MBLT Multiplexed Block Transfer
Mbps Megabits Per Second
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MHz Megahertz
MII Media Independent Interface
MSB Most Significant Byte
Msb Most Significant Bit
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
NAND (Not and) Flash that is used for storage
NOR (Not or) Flash that is used for executing code
OS Operating System
PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI-X Peripheral Component Interconnect -X
PIC Programmable Interrupt Controller
PIM PCI Mezzanine Card Input/Output Module
PMC PCI Mezzanine Card (IEEE P1386.1)
PLD Programmable Logic Device
PLL Phase-Locked Loop
POR Power-On Reset
Ppm Parts Per Million
PRD Product Requirements Document
PReP PowerPC Reference Platform
PrPMC Processor PCI Mezzanine Card
QUART Quad Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
RAM Random Access Memory
Rcv Receive
RGMII Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface
ROM Read-Only Memory
RTBI Reduced Ten Bit Interface
RTC Real-Time Clock
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RTM Rear Transition Module
sATA Serial AT Attachment
SBC Single Board Computer
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SMT Surface Mount Technology
SODIMM Small-Outline Dual In-line Memory Module
SPD Serial Presence Detect
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
S/W Software
TBI Ten Bit Interface
TSEC Three-Speed Ethernet Controller
2eSST Two edge Source Synchronous Transfer
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB Universal Serial Bus
VVolts
VIO Input/Output Voltage
VITA VMEbus International Trade Association
VME VMEbus (Versa Module Eurocard)
VPD Vital Product Data
WWatts
Xmit Transmit
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Conventions
The 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 Usedforon-screenoutput andcode relatedelements
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
.
.
.
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)
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Summary of Changes
This is the first edition of the MVME7100 Single Board Computer Installation and Use.
Comments and Suggestions
We welcome and appreciate your comments on our documentation. We want to know what
you think about our manuals and how we can make them better.
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
6806800E08A November 2008 First edition
6806800E08B May 2010 Updated Section 3.3.3 "Connectors" and
Section 5.5 "Rear Panel Connectors"
6806800E08C August 2011 Updated Safety Notes on page 125 and
Sicherheitshinweise on page 129

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Introduction
1.1 Features
The MVME7100 Single Board Computer is a VMEbus board based on the MC8640D and
MC8641D integrated PowerPC processors. It is a full 6U board and occupies a single VME card
slot with PMC cards installed. The MVME7100 is compliant with the VITA standards VMEbus,
2eSST, and PCI-X as listed in Appendix B, Related Documentation.
Table 1-1 Features List
Function Features
Processor / Host Controller /
Memory Controller
One MC864xD Integrated Processor
Two e600 cores with integrated L2
Core frequency of 1.067 or 1.33 GHz
One integrated four channel DMA controller
Two integrated PCIE interfaces
Four integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet controllers
One integrated DUART
Two integrated I2C controllers
One integrated Programmable Interrupt Controller
One integrated Local Bus Controller
Two integrated DDR2 SDRAM controllers
System Memory Two banks of DDR2 SDRAM with ECC
1GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB
I2C One 8 KB VPD serial EEPROM
Two 64 KB user configuration serial EEPROMs
One Real Time Clock (RTC) with removable battery
Dual temperature sensor
Two SPDs for memory
Connection to XMCspan and rear transition module
NOR Flash 128 MB soldered flash with two alternate 1 MB boot sectors selectable via
hardware switch
H/W switch or S/W bit write protection for entire logical bank

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NAND Flash Up to two devices available:
4 GB - 1 device
8 GB - 1 device
16 GB - 2 devices
NVRAM One 512 KB MRAM extended temperature range (-40°C to
105°C/-40°F to 221°F)
Two 64 KB serial EEPROMs
PCI_E 8X Port to XMC Expansion
8X Port to 5 Port PCI Express switch
I/O One front panel mini DB-9 connector for front I/O: one serial channel
Two front panel RJ-45 connectors with integrated LEDs for front I/O: two
10/100/1000 Ethernet channels
One front panel USB Type A upright receptacle for front I/O: one USB 2.0
channel
PMC site 1 front I/O and rear P2 I/O
PMC site 2 front I/O
USB One four-channel USB 2.0 controller: one channel for front panel I/O
Ethernet Four 10/100/1000 MC864xD Ethernet channels: two front panel Ethernet
connectors and two channels for rear P2 I/O
Serial Interface One 16550-compatible, 9.6 to 115.2 Kbaud, MC864xD, asynchronous
serial channel: one channel for front panel I/O
One quad UART (QUART) controller to provide four 16550-compatible,
9.6 to 115.2 Kbaud, asynchronous serial channels: four channels for rear
P2 I/O
Timers Four 32-bit MC864xD timers
Four 32-bit timers in a PLD
Watchdog Timer One watchdog timer in PLD
Table 1-1 Features List (continued)
Function Features