NXP Semiconductors AFD4400-RDB User manual

1 Introduction
The AFD4400 reference design board (AFD4400-RDB) is a
cost-effective, high-performance system comprised of a
printed circuit board (PCB) assembly and a board support
package (BSP) software featuring the AFD4400 processor.
2 Related documentation
The table below lists the documents that may be available only
under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). To request access to
these documents, contact your local field applications engineer
or sales representative.
Freescale Semiconductor Document Number: AFD4400-RDBQS
Quick Start Rev. 0, 07/2015
AFD4400 Reference Design Board
Quick Start
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Contents
1 Introduction.............................. .............................. 1
2 Related documentation............................................1
3 Chassis overview....................... ............................. 2
4 Board interface.......................... ..............................4
5 Initial board start up........................ ........................5
6 Preparing and starting up board.......... ....................6
7 Re-programming NOR flash................................... 7
8 Booting Linux........................... ..............................9
9 Configuring ADI transceiver cards.... ...................10
10 Flash image layout....................... .........................11
11 Default switch settings..........................................12
12 Revision history.................................................... 14
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Table 1. Related documentation
Document name Description
AFD4400 Digital Front End Processor Electrical
Specifications (document AFD4400EC)
This document contains the specific data regarding the bus timing,
signal behavior, thermal characteristics, and other design
considerations.
AFD4400 Digital Front End Processor Reference
Manual (document AFD4400RM)
This document describes the functionality of the AFD4400 processor
including the specifications, block diagram, registers, connectors, and
interfaces.
Airfast Digital AFD4400-RDB Reference Manual
(document AFD4400-RDBRM)
This document describes the hardware features of the AFD4400-
RDB including the specifications, block diagram, connectors,
interfaces, and hardware straps. It also lists the settings and physical
connections required to boot the board.
AFD4400 RDB Schematic (document SPF-28466) AFD4400-RDB schematic document.
3 Chassis overview
This section shows the front and interior view of the AFD4400-RDB mounted in the chassis.
The below listed figures show the AFD4400-RDB chassis front panel and interior view.
Figure 1. AFD4400-RDB chassis front panel
Chassis overview
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Figure 2. AFD4400-RDB chassis interior view
NOTE
The ADI card(s) availability in your AFD4400-RDB system depends on the variant you
purchased.
Chassis overview
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4 Board interface
This section lists the figures displaying the top and bottom view of the board with the available interfaces.
Power good LED
(Green)
Power connector
(24 V)
Ethernet connector
(Top - SGMII1)
(Bottom - SGMII2) Reset
button
USB connector
(UART4)
Reset LED
(Red)
Universal
reset button
RS485
(UART2)
RS485
(UART1)
ARM RVI connector
VSPA CW connector
Status LEDs
DIP switches
1588 connector
PA3 connector
PA4 connector
FMC2 connector
FMC1 connector
PA1 connector
PA2 connector
Figure 3. AFD4400-RDB top view
Board interface
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Mount area for trace
adapter card CPRI1
REC
CPRI SFP+ cage
CPRI1
RE
CPRI2
REC CPRI2
RE
Figure 4. AFD4400-RDB bottom view
5 Initial board start up
You need to perform an initial board start up to ensure that the board power supplies and the processor is coming out of the
reset state successfully using the default DIP switch settings. To do this, follow the steps listed below:
1. Ensure that the power supply is not connected to your board.
2. Ensure that your board is configured with the default DIP switch settings. For information about the default DIP switch
settings, see Section 11, "Default switch settings".
NOTE
To verify the default DIP switch settings on your board, you need to open the top
cover of the chassis. The figure below shows the top view of the AFD4400-RDB
mounted in chassis.
Initial board start up
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Top cover
Figure 5. Chassis top view
3. Attach a universal serial bus (USB) cable to the AFD4400-RDB CONSOLE PORT micro-USB port on the chassis
front panel and the host computer.
4. Connect the DC power adapter available in your kit to the PWR IN power connector port on the chassis.
5. Plug the power adapter to your wall outlet.
6. Turn on the power switch on the chassis.
7. Check for the completion of the power-on-reset (PRESET) sequence indicated by the LEDs. The LEDs follow the
sequence listed below:
a. The RESET LED on the chassis and the LEDs D14 to D18 on the board display a steady green light.
b. The LED D19 on the RDB flashes red and turns off, indicating that the AFD4400 processor has exited the reset
state and it is now in a ready state.
c. The FAULT LEDs D7, D12, and D13 stays in the off state, indicating that the system is initiated without any
fault.
8. Turn off the power switch.
NOTE
For more information about the DIP switches and the LEDs available on the
AFD4400-RDB, see the Airfast Digital AFD4400-RDB Reference Manual
(document AFD4400-RDBRM).
6 Preparing and starting up board
To prepare and start up your AFD4400-RDB system, follow the steps listed below:
NOTE
Before you start preparing the board, you must follow the steps listed in the Section 5,
"Initial board start up".
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1. Ensure that the power switch on the chassis is turned off.
2. Install the enhanced small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) optical transceivers as per your application scenario.
NOTE
The FTLF8526P3BNL and FTLX8573D3BTL SFP+ transceivers from Finisar®
are recommended. For more information, see the Airfast Digital AFD4400-RDB
Reference Manual (document AFD4400-RDBRM).
3. Connect the Ethernet cable from the switch/LAN port to the registered jack (RJ45) ETH1 port on the chassis.
4. Plug the power adapter to the wall outlet.
5. Turn on the power switch to boot the board.
The system auto boots and shows the universal boot loader (U-Boot) console and the following message appears on the
screen:
U-Boot 2013.04.Freescale_D4400_v2.4-00009-g981ca73 (Jan 02 2015 - 21:36:36)
CPU:Freescale D4400 prev-0x5d, srev-0x10 at 614 MHz
Reset cause: 0x40000001
DDR Clock: 491MHz
ARM Clock: 614MHz
VSPA Clock: 614MHz
DRAM: 768 MB
Board: D4400-RDB, Rev C
VID: 00 -> 1.0500 Volts
Flash: 256 MB
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: SGMII: eTSEC1 [PRIME], eTSEC2
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 5 4 0
D4400-RDB U-Boot =>
D4400-RDB U-Boot =>
7 Re-programming NOR flash
To re-program the NOR flash, follow the steps listed below:
1. Prepare the board. For the instructions, see Section 6, "Preparing and starting up board".
2. Configure and test the trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) server using the steps listed below:
a. Ensure that the TFTP server is running.
b. Select the directory where you have saved the BSP release files.
c. Set the serverip variable to the server interface internet protocol (IP) address of the TFTP server application
running on the host PC and save the setting as listed below.
D4400-RDB U-Boot => setenv serverip 10.69.12.25
D4400-RDB U-Boot => saveenv
Saving Environment to Flash...
. done
Un-Protected 1 sectors
. done
Un-Protected 1 sectors
Erasing Flash...
. done
Erased 1 sectors
Writing to Flash... done
. done
Protected 1 sectors
. done
Protected 1 sectors
D4400-RDB U-Boot =>
Re-programming NOR flash
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d. Ensure that the ipaddr (RDB IP address) variable is not in use on your network.
e. Match the netmask variable with the netmask needed for your network.
f. Match the gatewayip (gateway IP address) variable with the gateway on your network and specify the path to
your TFTP server.
NOTE
If you are using a DHCP server, use the dhcp command instead of steps d, e,
and fto obtain the network configuration from the DHCP server.
g. Ping the server to verify the network connectivity using the command listed below at the U-Boot console.
=>run test_tftp
The following output appears on the console:
eTSEC1 Waiting for PHY auto negotiation to complete....done
Speed: 100, full duplex
Using eTSEC1 device
ARP Retry count exceeded; starting again
eTSEC2 Waiting for PHY auto negotiation to complete......... TIMEOUT !
eTSEC2: No link.
Speed: 100, full duplex
Using eTSEC1 device
host 10.69.12.25 is alive
D4400-RDB U-Boot =>
3. Load the U-Boot images using the steps listed below:
a. Download and flash the secondary U-Boot image using the command listed below.
D4400-RDB U-Boot => run get_uboot2
The following output appears on the console:
Speed: 100, full duplex
Using eTSEC1 device
TFTP from server 10.69.12.25; our IP address is 10.69.3.242; sending through
gateway 10.69.3.254
Filename 'u-boot-sha256.d4400'.
Load address: 0x90002000
Loading: ##################
811.5 KB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 259544 (3f5d8 hex)
Un-Protect Flash Sectors 6-9 in Bank # 1
.... done
Erase Flash Sectors 6-9 in Bank # 1
.... done
Copy to Flash... done
Protect Flash Sectors 6-9 in Bank # 1
.... done
D4400-RDB U-Boot =>
WARNING
Do not continue until the previous step is successfully completed, otherwise,
you will risk erasing the primary U-Boot image.
b. When the secondary U-Boot image is successfully loaded, reflash the primary U-Boot image using the command
listed below.
D4400-RDB U-Boot => run get_uboot1
c. Reboot the system.
The U-Boot prompt appears.
4. Load the kernel FIT images using the steps listed below.
Re-programming NOR flash
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a. Download and flash the primary kernel image using the following command:
D4400-RDB U-Boot => run get_fit1
The following output appears on the screen:
Speed: 100, full duplex
Using eTSEC1 device
TFTP from server 10.69.12.25; our IP address is 10.69.3.242; sending through
gateway 10.69.3.254
Filename 'kernel_fit.itb'.
Load address: 0xb0000000
Loading:
#################################################################
#################################################################
#################################################################
#################################################################
1.1 MB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 26197116 (18fbc7c hex)
Un-Protect Flash Sectors 10-512 in Bank # 1
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.........done
Erase Flash Sectors 10-512 in Bank # 1
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.........done
Copy to Flash... done
Protect Flash Sectors 10-512 in Bank # 1
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.........done
b. Similarly, flash the secondary kernel image using the command listed below.
D4400-RDB U-Boot => run get_fit2
You have successfully re-programmed the NOR flash on your board.
8 Booting Linux
To boot the Linux operating system on the AFD4400-RDB, follow these steps:
1. Run the bootcmd environment variable at the U-Boot console using any of the following methods:
•Run the first FIT image from the onboard NOR flash using the command listed below.
run bootcmd_nor
• Download and run the FIT image from the TFTP server using the command listed below.
Booting Linux
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run bootcmd_ram
• Run the alternate FIT image from the onboard NOR flash using the command listed below.
run bootcmd_secondarykernel
The Linux prompt appears at the U-Boot console.
2. At the Linux prompt, login as root.
NOTE
The login does not require any password.
For more information, see the AFD4400-RDB BSP User Guide.
9 Configuring ADI transceiver cards
NOTE
This section is applicable only when an ADI transceiver card is installed on either one or
both the FMC connectors of your AFD4400-RDB.
The figure below shows the AFD4400-RDB with a single ADI transceiver card.
Figure 6. AFD4400-RDB with single ADI transceiver card
NOTE
If you have purchased the ADI card(s) seperately, you need to install it on your board
using the instructions available in its kit.
Configuring ADI transceiver cards
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