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Table of Contents
Revision History...................................................................................................... ii
Customer Service..................................................................................................... ii
Proprietary Note ..................................................................................................... x
Trademarks............................................................................................................ x
Environmental Protection Statement ........................................................................... x
Before you Begin..................................................................................................... xi
When Working Inside a Computer ................................................................................ xii
Advisory Conventions ............................................................................................... xiii
Safety Instructions .................................................................................................. xiv
Special Handling and Unpacking Instructions ................................................................ xv
General Instructions on Usage.................................................................................... xvi
Regulatory Compliance Statements ............................................................................. xvii
Two Year Warranty ................................................................................................... xviii
1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 2
1.1 MicroTCA™ System Overview............................................................................ 2
1.2 Product Overview ......................................................................................... 2
1.3 Optional Accessories ..................................................................................... 2
1.4 Technical Specifications ................................................................................ 3
1.4.1 General.............................................................................................. 3
1.4.2 ATCA LEDs........................................................................................... 3
1.4.3 Operating Voltages............................................................................... 3
1.4.4 Operation Power .................................................................................. 3
1.4.5 Temperature ....................................................................................... 3
1.4.6 Humidity ........................................................................................... 3
1.4.7 Altitude ............................................................................................. 4
1.4.8 Vibration ........................................................................................... 4
1.4.9 Shock................................................................................................ 4
1.4.10 Safety ............................................................................................... 4
1.4.11 Electromagnetic Compatibility ................................................................ 4
1.4.12 MTBF................................................................................................. 5
1.5 Standards Compliance................................................................................... 5
1.6 Related Publications..................................................................................... 5

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2 Functional Description............................................................................ 7
2.1 Block Diagrams ........................................................................................... 7
2.2 MicroTCA Carrier Management Controller............................................................ 8
2.2.1 Unit Computer PowerPC 405EX ................................................................ 8
2.2.2 DDR2 Memory...................................................................................... 8
2.2.3 NOR Flash .......................................................................................... 9
2.2.4 NAND Flash......................................................................................... 9
2.2.5 Dual GE PHY........................................................................................ 9
2.2.6 FPGA ................................................................................................. 9
2.2.7 I2C EEPROM ........................................................................................ 10
2.2.8 Real Time Clock (RTC)............................................................................ 10
2.2.9 Serial Interface.................................................................................... 10
2.2.10 FE Management................................................................................... 10
2.2.11 Board Sensors ..................................................................................... 10
2.3 Managed Ethernet Switch............................................................................... 16
2.3.1 Fabric [A] Switch ................................................................................. 16
2.3.2 Switch Management Software ................................................................. 17
2.4 PCI Express / Serial RapidIO Switch................................................................... 21
2.5 Clocking..................................................................................................... 23
2.5.1 PCIe Clock Distribution .......................................................................... 23
2.5.2 Telco Clock Distribution ......................................................................... 23
2.6 Board Interfaces.......................................................................................... 24
2.6.1 Module Management LEDs...................................................................... 26
2.6.2 MCH/AMC Status LEDs ........................................................................... 27
2.6.3 Synchronisation Clock LEDs .................................................................... 28
2.6.4 Power Module and Cooling Unit Status LEDs................................................ 29
2.6.5 Module Handle Positions ....................................................................... 29
2.6.6 Serial Port .......................................................................................... 30
2.6.7 Management Ethernet Interface (10/100/1000Base-T)................................ 31
2.6.8 Uplink Ethernet Ports ............................................................................ 31
2.6.9 sRIO DensiShield™ Interfaces.................................................................. 32
2.7 MCH Interconnection .................................................................................... 34
2.7.1 Fabric Interface ................................................................................... 35
2.7.2 IPMB-L Interface.................................................................................. 35
2.7.3 Inter-MCH IPMB-L Interface .................................................................... 35
2.7.4 IPMB-0 Interface ................................................................................. 35
2.7.5 MCH Update Channel Interface ................................................................ 35
2.7.6 JTAG Interface..................................................................................... 35
2.7.7 Pinout of MCH Card-edge Connectors......................................................... 35

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3 Operating the Unit ................................................................................. 48
3.1 Board Access............................................................................................... 48
3.2 MCMC/CM application.................................................................................... 49
3.2.1 CM Configuration Options....................................................................... 49
3.2.2 CM Modules ........................................................................................ 50
3.3 CM Command Line Interface (CLI) .................................................................... 51
3.3.1 Accessing MCMC: clicm .......................................................................... 51
3.3.2 CM Commands ..................................................................................... 51
3.3.3 Counter Commands............................................................................... 52
3.3.4 Ekeying Commands .............................................................................. 52
3.3.5 Fan Commands.................................................................................... 52
3.3.6 Fru Commands .................................................................................... 53
3.3.7 IPMB Commands.................................................................................. 53
3.3.8 Boot option Commands ......................................................................... 53
3.3.9 I2C Commands .................................................................................... 54
3.3.10 LAN Commands.................................................................................... 54
3.3.11 Log Commands.................................................................................... 54
3.3.12 MC Commands ..................................................................................... 55
3.3.13 Memory Commands .............................................................................. 55
3.3.14 Monitor Commands .............................................................................. 55
3.3.15 MP Commands..................................................................................... 56
3.3.16 PCIe Commands................................................................................... 56
3.3.17 PM Commands..................................................................................... 57
3.3.18 Redundancy Commands......................................................................... 57
3.3.19 SEL Commands .................................................................................... 57
3.3.20 Sensor Commands ................................................................................ 57
3.3.21 SRIO Commands .................................................................................. 58
3.3.22 Clock Commands.................................................................................. 58
3.3.23 Miscellaneous Commands ...................................................................... 59
3.4 System Configuration Tools ............................................................................ 59
3.4.1 Accessing the PLD: pldtool...................................................................... 59
3.4.2 Accessing Switch Management: fpcli......................................................... 59
3.4.3 Accessing MCMC: ipmitool ...................................................................... 60
3.4.4 Configuring services: chkconfig ............................................................... 61
3.4.5 Configuring PCI Express ......................................................................... 62
3.4.6 Configuring sRIO.................................................................................. 64
3.4.7 Clocking Configuration .......................................................................... 65
3.4.8 MCH Redundancy Support ...................................................................... 70
3.4.9 Cooling Unit Management...................................................................... 70
3.5 IPMI ......................................................................................................... 72
3.5.1 Supported IPMI Commands..................................................................... 72

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3.5.2 Board FRU Information ......................................................................... 79
3.6 Bootloader ................................................................................................. 80
3.6.1 Power On Self Test ................................................................................ 80
3.6.2 Bootloader shell and options .................................................................. 81
3.7 Firmware Administration ............................................................................... 82
3.7.1 Updating Firmware............................................................................... 83
4 Hardware Installation ............................................................................ 86
4.1 Safety Requirements..................................................................................... 86
4.2 Hot Swap Procedures .................................................................................... 87
4.2.1 Hot Swap Insertion............................................................................... 87
4.2.2 Hot Swap Extraction ............................................................................. 88
5 Power Considerations.............................................................................. 91
5.1 AM4904 Input Voltage Ranges ........................................................................ 91
5.2 Carrier Power Requirements ............................................................................ 91
5.2.1 Payload Power..................................................................................... 91
5.2.2 Management Power .............................................................................. 92
5.2.3 Payload and Management Voltage Ramp ................................................... 92
5.3 Power Consumption...................................................................................... 92
5.3.1 Payload Power Consumption................................................................... 92
5.3.2 Management Power Consumption ............................................................ 93
5.4 Payload Start-Up Current of the AM4904............................................................ 93
6 Thermal Considerations........................................................................... 95
6.1 Thermal Monitoring ...................................................................................... 95
6.2 Thermal Regulation ...................................................................................... 98
6.3 Airflow ...................................................................................................... 99
A Configuration Options............................................................................. A-2
B Getting Help.......................................................................................... B-2
B.1 Returning Defective Merchandise .................................................................... B-2
B.2 When Returning a Unit ................................................................................. B-3
C Glossary ............................................................................................... C-2

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List of Tables
Table 1-1: Related Publications ................................................................................... 5
Table 2-1: Sensor List AM4904-Base ........................................................................... 11
Table 2-2: Sensor List AM4904-PCIe............................................................................ 12
Table 2-3: Sensor List AM4904-sRIO ........................................................................... 13
Table 2-4: AM4904 Temperature Sensor Thresholds [°C] ................................................. 14
Table 2-5: AM4904 Voltage Sensor Thresholds............................................................... 14
Table 2-6: Sensor Type Codes and Event offsets ............................................................. 15
Table 2-7: FASTPATH AM4904 Switch Port Mapping......................................................... 16
Table 2-8: AM4904-PCIe Switch Port Mapping ............................................................... 22
Table 2-9: AM4904-sRIO Switch Port Mapping............................................................... 23
Table 2-10: Module Management LEDs Function.............................................................. 26
Table 2-11: AMC and other MCH LEDs ............................................................................ 27
Table 2-12: Synchronisation Cock LEDs ......................................................................... 27
Table 2-13: PLL Status .............................................................................................. 28
Table 2-14: MCH LED Status........................................................................................ 28
Table 2-15: Module Handle Positions............................................................................ 29
Table 2-16: Serial Port Pinout..................................................................................... 29
Table 2-17: Management RJ45 Connector Pin Assignment ................................................. 30
Table 2-18: Management LEDs Signification................................................................... 30
Table 2-19: GbE Connector ......................................................................................... 31
Table 2-20: Ethernet LED Status .................................................................................. 31
Table 2-21: sRIO Connections ..................................................................................... 31
Table 2-22: DensiShield™ Uplink Connector Pinout .......................................................... 32
Table 2-23: DensiShield™ to InfiniBand Adapter Wiring .................................................... 33
Table 2-24: MCH Card-edge Tongue 1 Connectors Pinout.................................................... 35
Table 2-25: MCH Card-edge Tongue 2 (Clocking) Connectors Pinout ..................................... 37
Table 2-26: MCH Card-edge Tongue 3 (PCIe fabric) Connectors Pinout .................................. 39
Table 2-27: MCH Card-edge Tongue 3 (sRIO fabric) Connectors Pinout .................................. 41
Table 2-28: MCH Card-edge Tongue 4 Connectors Pinout.................................................... 43
Table 3-1: Management Interfaces............................................................................. 47
Table 3-2: Configuration File Precedence ..................................................................... 48
Table 3-3: Available Modules .................................................................................... 49
Table 3-4: CLI CM Commands .................................................................................... 50
Table 3-5: CLI Counter Commands .............................................................................. 51
Table 3-6: CLI Ekeying Commands .............................................................................. 51
Table 3-7: CLI Fan Commands ................................................................................... 51
Table 3-8: CLI Fru Commands.................................................................................... 52
Table 3-9: CLI IPMB Commands ................................................................................. 52
Table 3-10: CLI boot option Commands......................................................................... 52

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Table 3-11: CLI I2C Commands.................................................................................... 53
Table 3-12: CLI LAN Commands ................................................................................... 53
Table 3-13: CLI Log Commands ................................................................................... 53
Table 3-14: CLI MC Commands .................................................................................... 54
Table 3-15: CLI Memory Commands.............................................................................. 54
Table 3-16: CLI Monitor Commands .............................................................................. 54
Table 3-17: CLI MP Commands .................................................................................... 55
Table 3-18: CLI PCIe Commands .................................................................................. 55
Table 3-19: CLI PM Commands .................................................................................... 56
Table 3-20: CLI RM Commands .................................................................................... 56
Table 3-21: CLI SEL Commands.................................................................................... 56
Table 3-22: CLI Sensor Commands ............................................................................... 56
Table 3-23: CLI sRIO Commands .................................................................................. 57
Table 3-24: CLI Clock Commands ................................................................................. 57
Table 3-25: CLI Miscellaneous Commands...................................................................... 58
Table 3-26: PCI Express Settings.................................................................................. 62
Table 3-27: SRIO Settings .......................................................................................... 63
Table 3-28: PLL Settings............................................................................................ 65
Table 3-29: Command output ..................................................................................... 68
Table 3-30: FAN control states .................................................................................... 70
Table 3-31: IPMI Device Commands.............................................................................. 71
Table 3-32: PICMG Commands..................................................................................... 75
Table 3-33: AMC.0 Commands..................................................................................... 76
Table 3-34: MicroTCA.0 Commands............................................................................... 76
Table 3-35: Kontron specific OEM Commands.................................................................. 76
Table 3-36: POST Routines and Error Codes .................................................................... 79
Table 3-37: Bootloader Environment Variables................................................................ 80
Table 3-38: FLASH Partition Scheme (64MB).................................................................. 81
Table 5-1: DC Operational Input Voltage Ranges............................................................ 90
Table 5-2: Payload Power Consumption ...................................................................... 91
Table 6-1: MCMC Temperature Sensors Thresholds .......................................................... 96
Table 6-2: Airflow values.......................................................................................... 100
Table A-1: CM configuration file settings...................................................................... A-2

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List of Figures
Figure 2-1: AM4904 Functional Block Diagram ............................................................... 7
Figure 2-2: PCIe fabric.............................................................................................21
Figure 2-3: sRIO fabric ............................................................................................22
Figure 2-4: AM4904-Base Front Panel LEDs and Interfaces ...............................................25
Figure 2-5: AM4904-PCIe Front Panel LEDs and Interfaces................................................25
Figure 2-6: AM4904-sRIO Front Panel LEDs and Interfaces ...............................................25
Figure 2-7: Module Handle Positions...........................................................................28
Figure 2-8: DensiShield™ Uplink Cable Connector Face (Front Connector is mirrored) .............32
Figure 6-1: Temperature Sensor Locations AM4904 (Base variant, top view) ........................94
Figure 6-2: Temperature Sensor Locations AM4904 (Base variant, bottom view) ...................95
Figure 6-3: Temperature Sensor Locations AM4904 (PCIe variant, bottom view)....................95
Figure 6-4: Temperature Sensor Locations AM4904 (sRIO variant, top view).........................96
Figure 6-5: Maximum ambient and inlet temperature versus airflow ...................................97
Figure 6-6: Impedance Curve AM4904-Base..................................................................98
Figure 6-7: Impedance Curve AM4904-PCIe ..................................................................98
Figure 6-8: Impedance Curve AM4904-sRIO ..................................................................99
Figure 6-9: Airflow Distribution AM4904-Base...............................................................99
Figure 6-10: Airflow Distribution AM4904-PCIe ............................................................. 100
Figure 6-11: Airflow Distribution AM4904-sRIO ............................................................ 100

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