Kontron cPCI-MXS64 Product manual

cPCI-MXS64
6U CompactPCI®64-bit System Processor
Technical Reference Manual
Version 1.4, February 2003
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FCC Compliance Statement
Warning
Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
the compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
This 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. 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 or her own expense.
European Statement
Warning
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio
interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
Safety Standard
UL Recognized Component, File # E186339 vol. 1 section 2
Care and handling precautions for Lithium batteries
•Do not short circuit
•Do not heat or incinerate
•Do not charge
•Do not deform or disassemble
•Do not apply solder directly
•Do not mix different types or partially used batteries together
•Always observe proper polarities

FOREWORD
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herein.
This document may contain information or refer to products protected by the copyrights or
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the rights of others.
Printed in Canada.
Copyright 2003 by Kontron Inc., Boisbriand, Qc J7G 2A7.

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

READ ME FIRST
Your computer board has a standard non-rechargeable lithium battery. To preserve the
battery lifetime, the battery enable jumper is removed when you receive the board. If
you do not have any jumper cap, we suggest you to use the Watchdog Timer jumper cap.
EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE REPLACING LITHIUM BATTERY
 WARNING
Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the
same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of
used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions.
 ATTENTION
Il y a danger d’explosion s’il y a remplacement incorrect de la batterie.
Remplacer uniquement avec une batterie du même type ou d’un type
équivalent recommandé par le constructeur. Mettre au rebut les batteries
usagées conformément aux instructions du fabriquant.
ACHTUNG
Explosionsgefahr bei falschem Batteriewechsel.
Verwenden Sie nur die empfohlenen Batterietypen des Herstellers.
Entsorgen Sie die verbrauchten Batterien laut Gebrauchsanweisung des
Herstellers.

ATENCION
Hay un peligro de explosion si la pila no ha si bien remplazada. Remplace
la pila con el mismo tipo o con aquellas recomendadas por el fabricante.
Para desacerce de las pilas usadas, siga las instructiones del fabricante.

 IMPORTANT
J1 and J2 are de-facto industry standard as defined by PICMG
J3, J4 and J5 are user-defined connectors and will vary from various
manufacturers. Contact our Technical Support to verify pinout
compatibility with other chassis backplane vendors.
 POWERING-UP THE SYSTEM
If you should encounter a problem, verify the following items:
Make sure that all connectors are properly connected.
Verify your boot diskette.
If the system still does not start up properly, you should try booting your
system with only the power cord and video monitor connected to the board
this is the minimum required to see if the board is working).
If you still are not able to start up your system, please refer to the
emergency Procedure in the Appendix Section.
If you still are not able to get your board up and running, contact our
technical Support department for assistance.
 PREVENTING VIRUSES
Kontron Inc. takes every precaution against computer viruses. To safeguard
against computer viruses in general, do not freely lend your diskettes
and regularly perform virus scans on all your computer systems.
 ADAPTER CABLES
While adapter cables are provided from various sources, the pinout is often
different. The direct crimp design offered by Kontron allows the simplest
cable assembly. All cables are available from Kontron Sales Department.

UNPACKING AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Static Electricity
Since static electricity can damage the board, the following precautions should be taken:
1. Keep the board in its antistatic package, until you are ready to install it.
2. Touch a grounded surface or wear a grounding wrist strap before removing the board
from its package; this will discharge any static electricity that may have built up in
your body.
3. Handle the board by the edges.
Storage Environment
Electronic boards are sensitive devices. Do not handle or store devices near strong
electrostatic, electromagnetic, magnetic or radioactive fields.
Power Supply
Before any installation or setup, ensure that the board is unplugged from power sources or
subsystems.
Unpacking
Follow these recommendations while unpacking:
1. After opening the box, save it and the packing material for possible future shipment.
2. Remove the board from its antistatic wrapping and place it on a grounded surface.
3. Inspect the board for damage. If there is any damage, or items are missing, notify
Kontron immediately.
When unpacking you will find:
1. 6U CompactPCI®64-bit System Processor board
2. One Quick Reference sheet
3. One CDROM containing drivers.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION...........................................................................1-1
1.1. Product Overview..............................................................................................1-1
1.2. Product Specifications.......................................................................................1-2
1.3. Hot Swap capability...........................................................................................1-4
1.4. Interfacing with the Environment.......................................................................1-6
1.4.1 cPCI....................................................................................................................1-6
1.4.2 Mezzanine...........................................................................................................1-6
1.5. Compatibility with other KONTRON Products...................................................1-7
1.6. Mezzanine Card Concept..................................................................................1-8
1.6.1 Kontron’s Mezzanine Concept.............................................................................1-9
1.6.2 PMC Concept......................................................................................................1-9
1.6.3 CompactFlash Feature........................................................................................1-9
2. ONBOARD FEATURES ...............................................................................2-1
2.1. CompactFlash Interface....................................................................................2-1
2.1.1 Setups.................................................................................................................2-1
2.2. Enhanced IDE Interfaces ..................................................................................2-2
2.3. Ethernet Interfaces............................................................................................2-3
2.3.1 Front Plate Configuration.....................................................................................2-3
2.3.2 cPCI I/O Configuration.........................................................................................2-3
2.4. Floppy Disk Interface.........................................................................................2-4

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2.5. PS/2 Keyboard / PS/2 Mouse Interface.............................................................2-4
2.6. Parallel Port.......................................................................................................2-5
2.6.1 Standard Mode....................................................................................................2-6
2.6.2 EPP Mode...........................................................................................................2-6
2.6.3 ECP Mode...........................................................................................................2-6
2.7. Power Management..........................................................................................2-7
2.8. SCSI Interface...................................................................................................2-7
2.9. Serial Ports........................................................................................................2-8
2.9.1 SERIAL PORT 1..................................................................................................2-8
2.9.1.1. Remote Reset ...................................................................................... 2-8
2.9.1.2. Front Plate Configuration...................................................................... 2-9
2.9.2 Serial Port 2 ........................................................................................................2-9
2.9.3 Serial Port 3 ......................................................................................................2-10
2.9.3.1. Infrared Mode......................................................................................2-11
2.9.3.2. RS-232 Protocol..................................................................................2-11
2.9.3.3. RS-422 Protocol..................................................................................2-11
2.9.3.4. RS-485 Protocol..................................................................................2-11
2.9.4 Serial Port 4 ......................................................................................................2-12
2.10.Thermal Management.....................................................................................2-12
2.11.USB Interfaces................................................................................................2-13
2.12.Video Interface................................................................................................2-14
2.12.1 Supported Resolutions......................................................................................2-14
2.12.2 Major Features Description................................................................................2-15
3. INSTALLING THE BOARD..........................................................................3-1
3.1. Setting Jumpers ................................................................................................3-1

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3.1.1 Jumper Description for the CPCI-MXS64............................................................3-1
3.1.2 CPCI-MXS64 – Jumper Settings.........................................................................3-2
3.1.3 Register’s Description RS232/RS485..................................................................3-3
3.1.4 History and Monitor Status ..................................................................................3-3
3.1.5 Multimedia, History Status...................................................................................3-4
3.1.6 Monitoring Status and I/O Access........................................................................3-4
3.1.7 Uart 3 PnP Configuration.....................................................................................3-4
3.1.8 Uart 4 PnP Configuration.....................................................................................3-5
3.1.9 Digital Watchdog.................................................................................................3-5
3.1.10 NMI Control.........................................................................................................3-6
3.1.11 0Register BITs Description (Summary)................................................................3-7
3.2. Onboard Interconnectivity .................................................................................3-8
3.2.1 cPCI-MXS64 Block Diagram................................................................................3-8
3.2.2 Mobile Pentium®II / III Processor ........................................................................3-9
3.2.3 North Bridge Chipset...........................................................................................3-9
3.2.4 21154 PCI-to-PCI Bridge...................................................................................3-10
3.2.5 82371AB PCI-to-ISA Bridge / IDE Xcelerator (PIIX4).........................................3-10
3.2.6 Onboard Connectors and Headers....................................................................3-11
3.2.7 Front Plate Connectors and Indicators...............................................................3-12
3.2.8 Faceplate Options.............................................................................................3-13
3.2.9 CompactPCI Connectors...................................................................................3-14
3.3. Customizing the Board....................................................................................3-15
3.3.1 Processor and Fan............................................................................................3-15
3.3.2 Backup Battery..................................................................................................3-16
3.3.3 Memory.............................................................................................................3-17
3.3.3.1. SDRAM System Memory.....................................................................3-17
3.3.3.2. DIMM Installation.................................................................................3-18
3.3.4 Supervision Features.........................................................................................3-19
3.3.4.1. Power Fail Monitoring..........................................................................3-19

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3.3.4.2. Watchdog............................................................................................3-20
3.3.4.3. Thermal Management .........................................................................3-22
3.4. Building a cPCI System...................................................................................3-23
3.4.1 Backplane.........................................................................................................3-24
3.4.2 Rear-Panel I/O..................................................................................................3-25
3.4.3 Storage Devices................................................................................................3-27
3.4.4 Power Supply....................................................................................................3-27
3.4.5 Fan Tray............................................................................................................3-27
3.4.6 Installing the Board into a Bay...........................................................................3-27
3.4.7 Connector Keying..............................................................................................3-28
3.4.8 Bus Mastering...................................................................................................3-28
3.4.9 Connection........................................................................................................3-28
3.5. cPCI I/O Signals..............................................................................................3-29
3.5.1 J3 Signal Specification ......................................................................................3-29
3.5.1.1. Ethernet LEDs.....................................................................................3-29
3.5.1.2. Ethernet 1............................................................................................3-29
3.5.1.3. Serial Port 3 ........................................................................................3-30
3.5.1.4. Serial Port 4 ........................................................................................3-30
3.5.1.5. IDE LED Signals..................................................................................3-30
3.5.1.6. IR Serial Port 2....................................................................................3-30
3.5.1.7. Hot Swap HA (High Availability) Signals..............................................3-31
3.5.1.8. Miscellaneous Signals.........................................................................3-31
3.5.2 J4 Signal Specification ......................................................................................3-31
3.5.2.1. Power Management ............................................................................3-31
3.5.2.2. SCSI Interface.....................................................................................3-32
3.5.2.3. Video Interface....................................................................................3-32
3.5.2.4. Ethernet 1 Interface.............................................................................3-33
3.5.2.5. Hot Swap HA (High Availability) Signals..............................................3-33
3.5.2.6. IDE 1 Interface ....................................................................................3-33

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3.5.3 J5 Signal Specification ......................................................................................3-34
3.5.3.1. IDE 0 Interface ....................................................................................3-34
3.5.3.2. USB 0 and 1 Interfaces........................................................................3-34
3.5.3.3. Floppy Disk Interface...........................................................................3-35
3.5.3.4. Serial Port 2 ........................................................................................3-35
3.5.3.5. Serial Port 1 ........................................................................................3-35
3.5.3.6. Parallel Port.........................................................................................3-36
3.5.3.7. Miscellaneous Signals.........................................................................3-36
3.5.3.8. Keyboard Interface..............................................................................3-36
3.5.3.9. Mouse Interface...................................................................................3-36
4. SOFTWARE SETUPS .................................................................................. 4-1
4.1. BIOS Setup Program.........................................................................................4-1
4.1.1 Accessing the BIOS Setup Program....................................................................4-1
4.1.2 Main Menu ..........................................................................................................4-3
4.1.3 Setups.................................................................................................................4-4
4.1.4 Standard CMOS Setups......................................................................................4-5
4.1.5 Saving & Exiting Operations................................................................................4-5
4.1.6 BIOS Features Setup..........................................................................................4-6
4.1.7 Chipset Features Setup.......................................................................................4-8
4.1.8 Power Management Setup................................................................................4-10
4.1.9 PnP/PCI Configuration ......................................................................................4-12
4.1.10 CPU/Board Features Setup...............................................................................4-13
4.1.11 Integrated Peripherals.......................................................................................4-14
4.2. BIOS UPDATE & EMERGENCY PROCEDURE.............................................4-15
4.3. VT100 Mode....................................................................................................4-16
4.3.1 Requirements....................................................................................................4-16
4.3.2 Setup & Configuration .......................................................................................4-16
4.3.3 Running Without a Terminal..............................................................................4-17

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PART FIVE – Installation and Settings
A. BOARD SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................................A-1
B. MEMORY & I/O MAPS Memory Mapping......................................................................................B-1
B.1 I/O Mapping..................................................................................................................B-2
C. INTERRUPT LINES....................................................................................................................... C-1
C.1 IRQ Lines......................................................................................................................C-1
C.2 DMA Channels..............................................................................................................C-1
D. BOARD DIAGRAMS...................................................................................................................... D-1
D.1 Top Devices Surface Mount..........................................................................................D-1
D.2 Assembly Bottom Diagram ...........................................................................................D-2
D.3 Mounting Holes.............................................................................................................D-3
D.4 Connector Holes...........................................................................................................D-4
E. CONNECTOR PINOUTS ...............................................................................................................E-1
E.1 cPCI-MXS64 Connectors and Headers.........................................................................E-1
E.2 J1 CPCI Bus.................................................................................................................E-2
E.3 J2 CPCI Bus.................................................................................................................E-3
E.4 J3 CPCI Bus.................................................................................................................E-4
E.5 J4 CPCI Bus.................................................................................................................E-5
E.6 J5 CPCI Bus.................................................................................................................E-6
E.7 J12, Video (VGA)..........................................................................................................E-6
E.8 J13, Serial Port 1 - RS-232...........................................................................................E-7
E.9 J14, mezzanine PCI......................................................................................................E-7
J15/J16, Ethernet 1 and 2......................................................................................................E-8
E.10 J17, PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse ..........................................................................................E-8

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E.11 J18, CompactFlash Disk...............................................................................................E-8
E.12 J19, Storage mezzanine ...............................................................................................E-9
E.13 J20, PMC....................................................................................................................E-10
E.14 J21, PMC....................................................................................................................E-11
E.15 Hot Swap Switch.........................................................................................................E-12
E.16 S1 – Reset Switch ......................................................................................................E-12
E.17 BT1, CMOS Battery Backup Connector......................................................................E-12
F. BIOS SETUP ERROR CODES......................................................................................................F-1
F.1 POST Beep ..................................................................................................................F-1
F.2 POST Messages...........................................................................................................F-1
F.3 Error Messages ............................................................................................................F-2
F.4 POST Codes.................................................................................................................F-3
G. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE .......................................................................................................G-1
G.1 How to run Emergency Procedure................................................................................G-1
G.2 Generate an Emergency Floppy Diskette :....................................................................G-2
H. GETTING HELP ............................................................................................................................ H-1

1. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
2. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
3. HOT SWAP CAPABILITY
4. INTERFACING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
5. COMPATIBILITY WITH KONTRON PRODUCTS
6. MEZZANINE CARD CONCEPTS
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1.1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Kontron’s 6U CompactPCI®system processor is ideal for data/telecommunication, CTI,
and industrial control/monitoring markets.
The cPCI-MXS64 6U CompactPCI system processor brings scalable multiprocessing
capability to the telecom and industrial automation markets. It is designed to operate as a
“system” processor and must be installed in CompactPCI system slot.
Fully hot swappable, the cPCI-MXS64 communicates with other processor boards using
the CompactPCI backplane as the physical layer of a 1 Gb/s Ethernet.
To provide the necessary interconnect, support local versions of the following OS:
Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Linux, VxWorks and pSOS.
Multi-level PCI-to-PCI bridging is fully supported. Based on Intel’s 21154 PCI-to–PCI -
transparent bridge, the feature set of the cPCI-MXS64 includes a rich selection of standard
peripherals.
The cPCI-MXS64 offers a natural growth path to high performance, high availability as
well as hot swap and scalable multiprocessing technology.
The cPCI-MXS64 can be ordered in either front I/O interfacing (video, serial port,
2xEthernet, all available on the face plate) or rear I/O interfacing through cPCI I/O
connectors J3, J4 and J5 (no interconnection capability on the face plate).
CompactPCI Connectors
Rear I/O cPCI connectors are PICMG 2.0 Rev 3.0 compliant. CompactPCI connectors are
located at the rear edge of the processor board. The complete cPCI connector configuration
of the cPCI-MXS64 is composed of four connectors referred to as J1, J2, J3, J4, and J5.
Their function is described below:
J1 32 bit PCI signaling, power
J2 64 bit extension, arbitration, clocks, reset and. power
J3, J4, J5 Handle I/O signals.
CompactPCI
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connectors are also known as 2mm Hard Metric connectors.

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1.2. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
The cPCI-MXS64 industrial system processor features:
•Intel’s enhanced performance Pentium®processor.
cPCI-MXS64: low power Mobile Pentium®III 500 & 700MHz, 256KB on-die L2
pipelined burst cache.
•440BX AGP set.
•Supporting up to 768 MB SDRAM with parity or ECC.
•PCI Ultra DMA/33 IDE, SCSI-2.
•64-bit AGP SVGA CRT controller.
•CompactFlash™ Disk interfacing on primary EIDE channel, user upgradable,
master/slave.
•Ports available
•Two Universal Serial Bus (USB).
•Two 10/100Mbps Ethernet.
•Four serial ports (three RS-232 only: Serial Port 1, 2 and 4; one RS-
232/422/485: Serial Port 3).
•One Parallel port, bi-directional with all IEEE 1284 protocols supported with
BIOS selectable IRQs and addressing.
•Mouse and keyboard available through front plate or Rear Transition Module.
•SCSI, supports 16-bit Ultra Wide LVD SCSI up to 80Mbps (Symbios
SYM53C895).
•Floppy interface (360KB to 1.44MB).
•Optional hard disk/floppy mezzanine module for high level of integration.
•High availability controller capable to detect the insertion or removal of HA cPCI
peripheral boards.
•J3/J4/J5 connectors to handle I/O signals such as serial, parallel, and USB ports,
Ethernet and video, SCSI, and IDE interfaces, keyboard, speaker, mouse, and
reset signals, SMBus.

Product Description
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Software:
•Enable/disable of Ethernet and SCSI ports by software.
•Enable/disable of video by hardware.
•Serial/parallel port mapping/disable by software
•Remote operation/monitoring (VT-100 serial port console redirection),
•Programmable two-stage watchdog timer by software
•Fully compatible with existing application software using platforms PC and MS-
DOS, Windows3.1, Windows95, WindowsNT, Windows®2000, OS/2
Warp, QNX, NOVELL, and UnixWare.
•Supports: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI 1.0), Advanced
Power Management (APM 1.2), advanced thermal management (resume, overheat
alarm and auto slow down) and Green support.
•Hardware monitor (voltages, temperature, and fan speed),
•Power failure circuit
•Two year warranty.
The cPCI-MXS64 can be purchased either for front plate I/O interfacing (video serial port,
Ethernet) or RTM (Rear Transition Module) I/O interfacing (no interconnection capability
available on the front plate) through cPCI I/O connectors and backplane.
 CompactPCI Connectors
Rear panel cPCI connectors are PICMG 2.0 Rev2.1 CompactPCIspecification compliant.
CompactPCI connectors are located at the rear edge of the board. The complete cPCI
connector configuration is composed of five connectors referred to as J1, J2, J3, J4, and J5.
Their function is described below:
J1/J2 carry out arbitration and PCI bus signals, and power.
J3/J4/J5 handle I/O signals.
CompactPCI
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connector is also known as 2mm Hard Metric connector.

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1.3. HOT SWAP CAPABILITY
The cPCI-MXS64 supports Hot Swap capability which means that hot swappable boards
can be removed from or installed in the system while online (without powering-down the
system).
Hot Swap consists of board hardware with the Hot Swap additions to the Hardware
Connection Layer, and the Hot-Plug Service. Upon insertion of the board (any hot
swappable board but the system host, cPCI-MXS64, the hardware connection layer will
initialize the board and the Hot-Plug Service provides the means for reconfiguring the
system.
High Availability is an attribute of a system designed to keep running (maintain
availability) in the event of a system component failure. To provide a high degree of
availability, a system requires a higher degree of control.
High Availability (HA) uses a higher degree of control than just indicating insertion and
extraction. HA systems are able to control the Hardware Connection Process. To do this,
the capabilities of the system are extended to allow software control of a board’s hardware
connection state. A hardware connection sequence is made possible through the use of
different pin lengths and the process ends with the mating of the shortest pin (BD_SEL#).
The platform adds hardware to provide more control of each board’s Hardware Connection
Layer. The signals: BD_SEL#, HEALTHY#, and PCI_RST# are used to individually
control each slot of the system.
BD_SEL# is one of the shortest pins. This pin is the last to mate and the first
to break contact. This ensures that the sensing of its connection
takes place at a time when all other pins are reliably connected. It is
driven low to enable power on. For systems not implementing
hardware connection control, it is grounded on the backplane.
HEALTHY# is used to acknowledge the health of the board. It signals that a
board is suitable to be released from reset and allowed onto the PCI
bus. In a HA system, the software can detect a faulty board when it
fails to assert HEALTHY# after BD_SEL# has been asserted. A
running board can also become not healthy at any time.
PCI_RST# as defined by the CompactPCI®Specification, is a signal on the
backplane, driven by the system host. Platforms may implement
this signal as a radial signal from the Hot Swap Controller to
further control the electrical connection process. Platforms that do
this must OR the system host’s reset signal with the slot specific
signal to maintain the bussed signal’s function.