Penguin Edge MVME250 Series Guide

Penguin Edge™ MVME2500
Installation and Use
P/N: 6806800L01T
July 2022

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About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Safety Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sicherheitshinweise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1.2 Standard Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.3 Mechanical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.4 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1.5 Product Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2 Hardware Preparation and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.2 Unpacking and Inspecting the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.3 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.3.1 Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.3.2 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.3.3 Equipment Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.4 Configuring the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.5 Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2.5.1 Rear Transition Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2.5.2 PMC/XMC Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.6 Installing and Removing the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2.7 Completing the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3 Controls, LEDs, and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1 Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.2 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.2.1 Reset Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.3 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.3.1 Front Panel LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.3.2 On-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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3.4 Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.4.1 Front Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.4.1.1 RJ-45 with Integrated Magnetics (J1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.4.1.2 Front Panel Serial Port (J4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.4.1.3 USB Connector (J5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.4.1.4 VMEBus P1 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.4.1.5 VMEBus P2 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3.4.2 On-board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3.4.2.1 Flash Program Connector (P7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3.4.2.2 SATA Connector (J3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
3.4.2.3 PMC Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
3.4.2.4 JTAG Connector (P6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3.4.2.5 COP Connector (P50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
3.4.2.6 SD Connector (J2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
3.4.2.7 XMC Connector (XJ2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
3.4.2.8 Miscellaneous P2020 Debug Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
3.5 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
3.5.1 Geographical Address Switch (S1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
3.5.2 SMT Configuration Switch (S2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4 Functional Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.1 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.2 Chipset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.2.1 e500 Processor Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.2.2 Integrated Memory Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.2.3 PCI Express Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.2.4 Local Bus Controller (LBC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.2.5 Secure Digital Hub Controller (SDHC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.2.6 I2C Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.2.7 USB Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.2.8 DUART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.2.9 DMA Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.2.10 Enhanced Three-Speed Ethernet Controller (eTSEC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.2.11 General Purpose I/O (GPIO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.2.12 Security Engine (SEC) 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.2.13 Common On-Chip Processor (COP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.2.14 P20x0 Hardware Configuration Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.3 System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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4.4 Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.4.1 Real Time Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.4.2 Internal Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.4.3 Watchdog Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.4.4 FPGA Tick Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.5 Ethernet Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.6 SPI Bus Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.6.1 SPI Flash Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.6.2 SPI Flash Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.6.3 Firmware Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.6.4 Crisis Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.7 Front UART Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.8 Rear UART Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.9 PMC/XMC Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.9.1 PMC Add-on Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.9.2 XMC Add-on Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.10 SATA Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.11 VME Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.11.1 Tsi148 VME Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.12 USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.13 I2C Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.14 Reset/Control FPGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.15 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.15.1 On-board Voltage Supply Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.15.2 Power Up Sequencing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
4.16 Clock Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4.17 Reset Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4.17.1 Reset Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.18 Thermal Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.19 Real-Time Clock Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.20 Debugging Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.20.1 POST Code Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.20.2 JTAG Chain and Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
4.20.3 Custom Debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
4.21 Rear Transition Module (RTM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
5 Memory Maps and Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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5.2 Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5.3 Flash Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
5.4 Linux Devices Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
5.5 Programmable Logic Device (PLD) Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.5.1 PLD Revision Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.5.2 PLD Year Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.5.3 PLD Month Register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
5.5.4 PLD Day Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
5.5.5 PLD Sequence Register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.5.6 PLD Power Good Monitor Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.5.7 PLD LED Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.5.8 PLD PCI/PMC/XMC Monitor Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.5.9 PLD U-Boot and TSI Monitor Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.5.10 PLD Boot Bank Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.5.11 PLD Write Protect and I2C Debug Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.5.12 PLD Test Register 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
5.5.13 PLD Test Register 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
5.5.14 PLD GPIO2 Interrupt Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
5.5.15 PLD Shutdown, Reset Control and Reset Reason Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
5.5.16 PLD Watchdog Timer Refresh Register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
5.5.17 PLD Watchdog Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
5.5.18 PLD Watchdog Timer Count Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
5.6 External Timer Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
5.6.1 Prescaler Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
5.6.2 Control Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
5.6.3 Compare High and Low Word Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
5.6.4 Counter High and Low Word Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
6 Boot System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
6.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
6.2 Accessing U-Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
6.3 Boot Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
6.3.1 Booting from a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
6.3.2 Booting from an Optional SATA Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
6.3.3 Booting from a USB Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
6.3.4 Booting from an SD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
6.3.5 Booting VxWorks Through the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
6.4 Using the Persistent Memory Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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6.5 MVME2500 Specific U-Boot Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
6.6 Updating U-Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
7 Programming Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
7.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
7.2 Reset Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
7.3 Interrupt Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
7.4 I2C Bus Device Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
7.5 Ethernet PHY Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7.6 Other Software Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7.6.1 MRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7.6.2 Real Time Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7.6.3 Quad UART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
7.6.4 LBC Timing Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
7.7 Clock Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
7.7.1 System Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
7.7.2 Real Time Clock Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
7.7.3 Local Bus Controller Clock Divisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
A Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
A.1 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
B Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
B.1 Penguin Solutions Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
B.2 Manufacturers’ Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
B.3 Related Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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Figure 1-1 Serial Number Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 3-1 Component Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 3-2 Front Panel LEDs, Connectors and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 3-3 Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 3-4 On-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 3-5 Geographical Address Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 3-6 SMT Configuration Switch Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 4-1 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 4-2 SPI Device Multiplexing Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 4-3 Clock Distribution Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 4-4 Reset Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure A-1 Battery Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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Table 1-1 Board Standard Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 1-2 Mechanical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 2-1 Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 2-2 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 3-1 Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 3-2 On-board LEDs Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 3-3 Front Panel Tri-Speed Ethernet Connector (J1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 3-4 Front Panel Serial Port (J4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 3-5 USB Connector (J5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 3-6 VMEbus P1 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 3-7 VMEbus P2 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 3-8 Flash Programming Header (P7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 3-9 Custom SATA Connector (J3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 3-10 PMC J11 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 3-11 PMC J12 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Table 3-12 PMC J13 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 3-13 PMC J14 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table 3-14 JTAG Connector (P6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Table 3-15 COP Header (P50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 3-16 SD Connector (J2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 3-17 XMC Connector (XJ2) Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 3-18 P20x0 Debug Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 3-19 Geographical Address Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 3-20 SMT Configuration Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 4-1 Voltage Supply Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table 4-2 Power Up Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Table 4-3 Thermal Interrupt Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Table 4-4 POST Code Indicator on the LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 4-5 Transition Module Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Table 5-1 Physical Address Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Table 5-2 Flash Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Table 5-3 Linux Devices Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Table 5-4 PLD Revision Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 5-5 PLD Year Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 5-6 PLD Month Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 5-7 PLD Day Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 5-8 PLD Sequence Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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Table 5-9 PLD Power Good Monitor Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 5-10 PLD LED Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Table 5-11 PLD PCI/PMC/XMC Monitor Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Table 5-12 PLD U-Boot and TSI Monitor Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Table 5-13 PLD Boot Bank Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Table 5-14 PLD Write Protect and I2C Debug Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Table 5-15 PLD Test Register 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Table 5-16 PLD Test Register 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Table 5-17 PLD GPIO2 Interrupt Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Table 5-18 PLD Shutdown, Reset Control and Reset Reason Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Table 5-19 PLD Watchdog Timer Refresh Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Table 5-20 PLD Watchdog Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Table 5-21 PLD Watchdog Timer Count Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Table 5-22 Prescaler Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Table 5-23 Control Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Table 5-24 Compare High Word Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Table 5-25 Compare Low Word Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Table 5-26 Counter High Word Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Table 5-27 Counter Low Word Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Table 6-1 MVME2500 Specific U-Boot Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Table 7-1 POR Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Table 7-2 MVME2500 Interrupt List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Table 7-3 I2C Bus Device Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Table 7-4 PHY Types and MII Management Bus Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Table 7-5 LBC Timing Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Table 7-6 Clock Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Table 7-7 System Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Table B-1 Penguin Edge Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Table B-2 Manufacturers’ Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Table B-3 Related Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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About this Manual
Overview of Contents
This manual is intended for users who install and configure MVME2500 product. It is
assumed that the user is familiar with the standard cabling procedures, configuration of
operating systems, U-Boot system and MVME chassis.
The purpose of this manual is to describe MVME2500 product and the services it provides.
This manual includes description of MVME2500 product hardware, firmware and also
information about operating system.
This manual is divided into the following chapters and appendices:
About this Manual lists all conventions and abbreviations used in this manual and outlines
the revision history.
Safety Notes on page 19 summarizes the safety instructions in the manual.
Sicherheitshinweise on page 23 is a German translation of the Safety Notes chapter.
Chapter 1, Introduction on page 27 gives an overview of the features of the product,
standard compliances, mechanical data, and ordering information.
Chapter 2, Hardware Preparation and Installation on page 31 outlines the installation
requirements, hardware accessories, switch settings, and installation procedures.
Chapter3,Controls,LEDs,andConnectorsonpage41 describes external interfaces of the
board. This includes connectors and LEDs.
Chapter 4, Functional Description on page 67 includes a block diagram and functional
description of major components of the product.
Chapter 5, Memory Maps and Registers on page 89 contains information on system
resources including system control and status registers and external timers.
Chapter 6, Boot System on page 107 describes the boot loader software.
Chapter 7, Programming Model on page 117 contains additional programming information
for the board.
Appendix A, Replacing the Battery on page 127 contains the procedures for replacing the
battery.
Appendix B, Related Documentation on page 129 provides a listing of related product
documentation, manufacturer’s documents, and industry standard specifications.

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Abbreviations
This document uses the following abbreviations:
Term Definition
COP Common-On-Chip Processor
CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device
DDR3 Double Data Rate 3
DUART Dual UART
ECC Error Checking Correction
EEPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
GPIO General Purpose Input/Output
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
HDD Hard Disk Drive
LBC Local Bus Controller
MCP Multi-Chip Package
MRAM Magneto-resistive Random Access Memory
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI-E PCI Express
PCI-X Peripheral Component Interconnect extended
PIM PCI Mezzanine Card Input/Output Module
PLD Programmable Logic Device
PMC PCI Mezzanine Card (IEEE P1386.1)
PrPMC Processor PCI Mezzanine Card
RTC Real-Time Clock
RTM Rear Transition Module
SATA Serial AT Attachment
SDHC Secure Digital Host Controller

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Conventions
The following table describes the conventions used throughout this manual..
SMT Surface Mounted Technology
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
VITA VMEbus International Trade Association
VME Versa Module Eurocard
XMC PCI Express Mezzanine Card
Term Definition
Notation Description
0x00000000 Typical notation for hexadecimal numbers (digits are 0 through F), for
example used for addresses and offsets
0b0000 Same for binary numbers (digits are 0 and 1)
bold Used to emphasize a word
Screen Used for on-screen output and code related elements or commands.
Sample of Programming used in a table (9pt)
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
.. Ranges, for example: 0..4 means one of the integers 0,1,2,3, and 4 (used
in registers)
| Logical OR

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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
Indicates a hot surface that could result in moderate or serious injury
Indicates an electrical situation that could result in moderate injury or death
Indicates that when working in an ESD environment care should be taken
to use proper ESD practices
No danger encountered, pay attention to important information
Notation Description

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MVME2500 Installation and Use (6806800L01T) 17
Summary of Changes
This manual has been revised and replaces all prior editions.
Part Number Publication Date Description
6806800L01T July 2022 Rebrand to Penguin Solutions.
6806800L01S October 2021 Updated Table 2-2 Power Requirements with new
variant.
6806800L01R August 2021
Updated Table 2-1 Environmental Requirements
(Applicable Variants, Vibration Sine, Vibration
Random and Humidity).
6806800L01Q March 2021 Corrected title for Table 3-20.
6806800L01P September 2019
Rebranded to SMART Embedded Computing
template. Updated conventions table; updated
Freescale to NXP; removed Ordering Information
table; added Ordering and Support Information;
Updated RoHS compliance.
6806800L01N October 2017 Updated Table 1-3 on page 32, Table 1-4 on page 33,
Table 2-1 on page 37, and Table 2-2 on page 39.
6806800L01M May 2016 Removed Declaration ofU Conformity.
6806800L01L April 2015 Replaced MVME7216 and its variants with
MVME721X.
6806800L01K March 2015
Added Figure "Power Up Sequence" on page 91 and
Figure "Reset Sequence" on page 94.
Updated Boot Options on page 122, Real Time Clock
on page 137 and Crisis Recovery on page 85.
6806800L01J February 2014 Re-branded to Artesyn template.
Added Declaration of Conformity.
6806800L01H January 2014 Added Flash Memory Map and updated SPI Flash
Memory.
6806800L01G January 2013 Updated Standard Compliances on page 21.
6806800L01F August 2011
Changed title of Section 3.4.1 to Front Panel
Connectors.
Edited Front Panel Serial Port (J4).
Updated Figure “Component Layout” to include
proper label for XMC connectors.
Updated Safety Notes and Sicherheitshinweise.

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6806800L01E July 2011 Updated Table “Available Board Variants".
Updated Appendix B, Related Documentation
6806800L01D May 2011
Edited Memory Maps and Registers
Edited Programming Model
Edited Figure “Component Layout”
Edited Figure “On-board LEDs”
Added Front Panel Serial Port (J4)
6806800L01C May 2011
Updated Chapter 3, Controls, LEDs, and Connectors
by adding the following.
Chapter 3, Board Layout
Chapter 3, Front Panel Connectors
Chapter 3, On-board Connectors
Added Chapter 4, Functional Description
Applied editorial edits
6806800L01B October 2010
This version includes updates and revisions for the
EA release of the MVME2500.
Table 1.3. Added mechanical data.
Table 4-3. Removed the following commands:
brd_reset, irqinfo, mac. Added soft_reset.
Table 4-1. Removed: L2 SRAM, L1 for stack and Boot
Page entries.
Changed all instances of "via" to “through”.
Implemented editorial changes.
6806800L01A June 2010 First edition
Part Number Publication Date Description

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Safety Notes
This section provides warnings that precede potentially dangerous procedures throughout
this manual. Instructions contained in the warnings must be followed during all phases of
operation, service, and repair of this equipment. You should also employ all other safety
precautions necessary for the operation of the equipment in your operating environment.
Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual
could result in personal injury or damage to the equipment.
Penguin Solutions™ intends to provide all necessary information to install and handle the
product in this manual. Because of the complexity of this product and its various uses, we
do not guarantee that the given information is complete. If you need additional information,
ask your Penguin Solutions representative.
This product is a Safety Extra Low Voltage (SELV) device designed to meet the EN60950-
1 requirements for Information Technology Equipment. The use of the product in any other
application may require safety evaluation specific to that application.
Only personnel trained by Penguin Solutions or persons qualified in electronics or electrical
engineering are authorized to install, remove or maintain the product.
The information given in this manual is meant to complete the knowledge of a specialist and
must not be used as replacement for qualified personnel.
Keep away from live circuits inside the equipment. Operating personnel must not remove
equipment covers. Only Factory Authorized Service Personnel or other qualified service
personnel may remove equipment covers for internal subassembly or component
replacement or any internal adjustment.
Do not install substitute parts or perform any unauthorized modification of the equipment or
the warranty may be voided. Contact your local Penguin Solutions representative for
service and repair to make sure that all safety features are maintained.
EMC
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 own expense.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Penguin Solutions could void the
user's authority to operate the equipment. Board products are tested in a representative

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system to show compliance with the above mentioned requirements. A proper installation
in a compliant system will maintain the required performance. Use only shielded cables
when connecting peripherals to assure that appropriate radio frequency emissions
compliance is maintained.
Operation
Product Damage
High humidity and condensation on the board surface causes short circuits.
Do not operate the board outside the specified environmental limits.
Make sure the board is completely dry and there is no moisture on any surface before
applying power.
Damage of Circuits
Electrostatic discharge and incorrect installation and removal can damage circuits or
shorten its life.
Before touching the board or electronic components, make sure that you are working in an
ESD-safe environment.
Board Malfunction
Switches marked as “reserved” might carry production-related functions and can cause the
board to malfunction if their setting is changed.
Do not change settings of switches marked as “reserved”. The setting of switches which
are not marked as “reserved” has to be checked and changed before board installation.
Installation
Data Loss
Powering down or removing a board before the operating system or other software running
on the board has been properly shut down may cause corruption of data or file systems.
Make sure all software is completely shut down before removing power from the board or
removing the board from the chassis.
Product Damage
Only use injector handles for board insertion to avoid damage to the front panel and/or
PCB. Deformation of the front panel can cause an electrical short or other board
malfunction.