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Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 6
2OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................... 6
PREREQUISITES ....................................................................................................................................................62.1
2.1.1 Host requirement ...................................................................................................................................6
2.1.2 Target requirements ..............................................................................................................................7
CONFIGURING THE NETWORK INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................82.2
2.2.1 Finding and Changing the MAC Address................................................................................................8
SETTING UP TFTP ..............................................................................................................................................112.3
3BLOCK DIAGRAM ........................................................................................................................................ 13
4BMC AND T4240 RESET INTERFACE............................................................................................................. 14
PREPARING BOARD:............................................................................................................................................144.1
UPGRADING IMAGE ON BMC ...............................................................................................................................154.2
STEPS TO FLASH THE IMAGE ON BMC.....................................................................................................................154.3
BMC GUI FEATURES FOR DUAL T4 SERVER: ...........................................................................................................164.4
5CONFIGURATION AND COMPILATION ........................................................................................................ 24
COMPILE U-BOOT FOR SD CARD ............................................................................................................................245.1
BUILD LINUX KERNEL AND DEVICE TREE...................................................................................................................245.2
BUILD ROOT FILE SYSTEM ....................................................................................................................................255.3
6SWITCH SETTING ON T4240MFCS BOARD FOR SERVER1 AND SERVER2 ...................................................... 26
7STARTUP U-BOOT ....................................................................................................................................... 26
PROGRAM SD CARD ...........................................................................................................................................267.1
START UP U-BOOT FROM SD CARD.........................................................................................................................27
7.2
U-BOOT COMMAND ...........................................................................................................................................297.3
I2C INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................................................307.4
DDR3 SPD.......................................................................................................................................................317.5
USB INTERFACE .................................................................................................................................................317.6
SD CARD INTERFACE ...........................................................................................................................................327.7
PCIE INTAERFACE ...............................................................................................................................................327.8
8STARTING LINUX FROM SD CARD ............................................................................................................... 34
STEPS FOR ETHERNET PORT SETTING.......................................................................................................................348.1
UPGRADE U-BOOT ON SD CARD ............................................................................................................................348.2
UPGRADE UIMAGE AND T4240MFCS.DTB ON SD CARD .............................................................................................358.3

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Table of figures
Figure 1 Block Diagram ................................................................................................................................................13
Figure 2 Console Cable ................................................................................................................................................16
Figure 3 Login screen ...................................................................................................................................................17
Figure 4 System Page 1................................................................................................................................................17
Figure 5 System Page 2................................................................................................................................................18
Figure 6 Network Configuration ..................................................................................................................................18
Figure 7 Debug Screen with prompt box to save the logs ...........................................................................................19
Figure 8 Debug Screen.................................................................................................................................................19
Figure 9 T4 Server: Product Details .............................................................................................................................20
Figure 10 Board Details................................................................................................................................................20
Figure 11 Firmware Upgrade .......................................................................................................................................21
Figure 12 Fan Monitoring ............................................................................................................................................21
Figure 13 Temperature Monitoring .............................................................................................................................22
Figure 14 Voltage Monitoring......................................................................................................................................22
Figure 15 Power on/off and reset................................................................................................................................23
Figure 16 Disc Status....................................................................................................................................................23
Figure 17 Configuration for NVME ..............................................................................................................................24
Figure 18 Configuration For RapidIO Support .............................................................................................................25
Figure 19 Table for SD card partition...........................................................................................................................34

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1Introduction
This document will describe in detail the procedures for SDK compilation, booting a Linux kernel and
mounting a root file system on the Dual T4240MFCS.
2Overview
The following files will be released with t4240mfcs.
1. U-boot, linux kernel and root files for T4240mfcs included in this:
u-boot-with-spl-pbl.bin - U-boot Binary file that could be used to upgrade the U-boot
fsl_fman_ucode_t4240_r2.0_106_4_10.bin –fman ucode binary to configure the fman interface.
fsl-image-core-t4240mfcs-20150304072707.rootfs.tar.gz - root file system for t4240 mfcs.
uImage - Linux kernel for t4240mfcs.
t4240mfcs.dtb –linux device tree blob for t4240mfcs.
Prerequisites2.1
2.1.1 Host requirement
To properly boot a board using software, your host machine must meet the following requirements:
1. Make sure that SDK1.6 is compiled as per the changes required in MFCS project.
2. Modern GNU/Linux Distribution.
a. Ubuntu (Most recent release or LTS)
3. An internet connection on the Development Host.
4. Root or sudo permission on the Development Host.
5. A copy of the Linux Kernel (uImage) and Root File System (rootfs.tar.gz) for the Target Board
that is compiled using SDK 1.6. These are found in the output directory of SDK build, or in the
directory build_t4240mfcs_release/tmp/deploy/images/t4240mfcs on the command line.
6. An available serial port on your Development Host.

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2.1.1.1 SDK compilation and build steps
Following are the steps required for deploying SDK1.6 to MFCS code base:
1. Check out fresh SDK1.6 from Freescale git hub or extract SDK1.6 from SDK1.6.iso. Follow
steps:
mkdir yocto
mount QorIQ-SDK-V1.6-SOURCE-20140619-yocto.iso /home/user/yocto
cd yocto
cp tar file to /home/user
tar -xvzf yocto.tar.gz
2. Check out the following directory and file from svn:
a) meta-fsl-mfcs (directory): it contains .bb files and Patches
b) fsl-setup-mfcs (file): it will create the environment for t4mfcs build
3. Copy both 'meta-fsl-mfcs' directory and 'fsl-setup-mfcs' file under “yocto/” directory of
SDK1.6 source.
4. Now follow below steps for mfcs build :
a) ./scripts/host-prepare.sh (use this command when going to build SDK1.6 first time in
your system)
b) source ./fsl-setup-mfcs -m t4240mfcs
c) bitbake -f -c menuconfig virtual/kernel
d) bitbake -c compile -f virtual/kernel
e) bitbake virtual/kernel
f) bitbake fsl-image-minimal
2.1.2 Target requirements
To boot the t4240mfcs board we need the following items:

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T4240MFCS Board
Custom Console cables
Ethernet Cable
Add On card
Once we have all the above mentioned components proceed with the following steps:
1. Connect the serial console port of the board to the serial port of host using the custom console
cables on both server1 and server2.
2. SD cards for booting the images.
3. Connect the power supply to the board.
2.1.2.1 Preparing the Target
1. Start minicom on your host machine in configuration mode. As root:
# sudo minicom -s -w
2. A menu of configuration should appear. Select the Serial port setup option, and press Enter.
3. Verify that the listed serial port is the same one that is connected to the target board. If it is not, press
A, and enter the correct device. This is /dev/ttyS0 on most Linux distributions.
4. Set the Bps/Par/Bits option by pressing the letter E and using the next menu to set the appropriate
values. You press the key that corresponds to the value 115200, and then press Enter.
5. Set Hardware flow control to No using the F key.
6. Set Software flow control to No using the G key.
7. Press Enter to return to the main configuration menu, and then press Esc to exit this menu.
8. Reset the board, and wait for a moment. If you do not see output from the board, press Enter several
times until you see the prompt. If you do not see any output from the board, and have verified that
the serial terminal connection is setup correctly, contact your board vendor.
Configuring the Network Interface2.2
2.2.1 Finding and Changing the MAC Address
The MAC address on the T4240MFCS is set by the ethaddr environment variable in U-Boot.
If ethaddr is not set, it can be set using the setenv command.
Example
setenv ethaddr 00:11:22:33:44:55
The MAC Address can be found using the printenv command in U-Boot.

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Example
printenv
baudrate=115200
bootargs=root=/dev/ram rw console=ttyS0,115200 rio-scan.scan=0
fsl_fm_max_frm=9600
bootcmd=setenv bootargs root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootdelay=5 rio-scan.scan=1
rapidio.hdid=-1 console=$consoledev,$baudrate;mmcinfo;ext2load mmc 0:1
$loadaddr /boot/$bootf
ile;ext2load mmc 0:1 $fdtaddr /boot/$fdtfile;bootm $loadaddr - $fdtaddr
bootdelay=10
bootfile=uImage
consoledev=ttyS0
eth10addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:B0
eth11addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:B1
eth12addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:B2
eth13addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:B3
eth14addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:B4
eth15addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:BC
eth1addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:AB
eth2addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:AC
eth3addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:A1
eth4addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:A0
eth5addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:BF
eth6addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:B8
eth7addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:B9
eth8addr=00:10:F3:3A:BA:AA
ethact=FM1@DTSEC1
ethaddr=00:11:22:33:44:55
ethprime=FM1@DTSEC1
fdtaddr=0x00c00000
fdtfile=t4240mfcs.dtb
fman_ucode=7fb6b948

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hwconfig=fsl_ddr:ctlr_intlv=3way_4KB,bank_intlv=auto;usb1:dr_mode=host,phy_ty
pe=utmi
ipaddr=192.168.1.10
loadaddr=0x1000000
mdioreg1=mdio write FM1@DTSEC1 22 0x12
mdioreg2=mdio write FM1@DTSEC1 20 0x8001
mmcboot=setenv bootargs root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rwrootdelay=5
console=$consoledev,$baudratefsl_fm_max_frm=9600 ;mmcinfo;ext2load mmc 0:1
$loadaddr /boot/$bootfile;ext2load
mmc 0:1 $fdtaddr /boot/$fdtfile;bootm $loadaddr - $fdtaddr
netdev=eth0
nfsboot=setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=$serverip:$rootpath
ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname:$netdev:off
console=$consoledev,$baudrate $othbootargs;tftp $loadaddr $bootfile;tftp
$fdtaddr $fdtfile;bootm $loadaddr - $fdtaddr
othbootargs=rio-scan.scan=0
ramboot=setenv bootargs root=/dev/ram rw console=$consoledev,$baudrate
fsl_fm_max_frm=9600 $othbootargs;tftp $ramdiskaddr $ramdiskfile;tftp
$loadaddr $bootfile;tftp $fdtaddr $fdtfile;bootm $loadaddr $ramdiskaddr
$fdtaddr
ramdiskaddr=0x02000000
ramdiskfile=ramdisk.uboot
rootpath=/opt/nfsroot
serverip=192.168.1.251
setenv serverip 192.168.1.251; setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.10; setenv ethaddr
00:11:22:33:44:55; bdev=sda3
stderr=serial
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
tftpflash=tftpboot $loadaddr $uboot && protect off $ubootaddr +$filesize &&
erase $ubootaddr +$filesize && cp.b $loadaddr $ubootaddr $filesize && protect
on $ubootaddr+
$filesize && cmp.b $loadaddr $ubootaddr $filesize
uboot="u-boot.bin"
ubootaddr=0x00201000

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Environment size: 2458/8188 bytes
NOTE: Once the MAC address has been set, it cannot be changed without destroying the entire U-Boot
environment.
Setting up TFTP2.3
1. Edit the xinetd.conf file
oOn Ubuntu, edit /etc/xinetd.conf and add the following lines just above the line that
reads includedir /etc/xinetd.d.
service tftp
{
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = -s /tftpboot
disable = no
}
2. Create the /tftpboot folder if it does not exist:
mkdir /tftpboot
3. Copy the kernel image to the /tftpboot directory:
cp /path/to/kernel/image/uImage-t4240mfcs.bin /tftpboot
cp /path/to/kernel/image/uImage-t4240mfcs.dtb /tftpboot
cp /path/to/kernel/image/fsl-image-core-t4240mfcs.ext2.gz.u-boot
/tftpboot
4. Restart the xinetd server with the following command:
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart
5. Test the TFTP server by setting the environment variables and run the following commands.
baudrate=115200
bootargs=root=/dev/ram rw console=ttyS0,115200 rio-scan.scan=0
fsl_fm_max_frm=9600
bootcmd=setenv bootargs root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootdelay=5 rio-
scan.scan=1 rapidio.hdid=-1
console=$consoledev,$baudrate;mmcinfo;ext2load mmc 0:1 $loadaddr
/boot/$bootf

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ile;ext2load mmc 0:1 $fdtaddr /boot/$fdtfile;bootm $loadaddr - $fdtaddr
bootdelay=10
bootfile=uImage
consoledev=ttyS0
fdtaddr=0x00c00000
fdtfile=t4240mfcs.dtb
loadaddr=0x1000000
othbootargs=rio-scan.scan=0
setenv ramboot=setenv bootargs root=/dev/ram rw console=$consoledev,$baudrate
fsl_fm_max_frm=9600 $othbootargs;tftp $ramdiskaddr $ramdiskfile;tftp
$loadaddr $bootfile;tftp $fdtaddr $fdtfile;bootm $loadaddr $ramdiskaddr
$fdtaddr
ramdiskaddr=0x02000000
ramdiskfile=ramdisk.uboot
rootpath=/opt/nfsroot
6. After setting the ramboot variables run the command.
run ramboot

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3Block Diagram
This figure below shows the block diagram for T4240MFCS server.
Figure 1 Block Diagram

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4BMC and T4240 Reset Interface
Preparing Board:4.1
1. Attach an RS-232 cable between T4240 UART port and host computer.
2. Open a serial console tool on the host computer to communicate with MFCS.
3. Push the reset button for BMC and show the u-boot console messages.
BMC booting Logs:
U-Boot 2009.01.ast(v0.62)-svn39 (Feb 07 2015 - 13:29:07)
I2C: ready
DRAM: 64 MB
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
H/W: AST2400 series chip Rev. 01
Net: eth_initialize
faradaynic_initialize
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 20080000 ...
Image Name: Linux-2.6.28.9
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 1842824 Bytes = 1.8 MB
Load Address: 40008000
Entry Point: 40008000
## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 20300000 ...
Image Name:
Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size: 3894038 Bytes = 3.7 MB
Load Address: 40800000
Entry Point: 40800000
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK
Starting kernel ...
Uncompressing
Linux........................................................................
...........................................
sh: UHCI: unknown operand
sh: UHCI: unknown operand
Starting T4 initialization...
Power sequencing...
T4-power-sequence t4-power-sequence.0: ############# ALL POWERS FOR T4 ARE UP
##############
power sequence successful
Releasing Clock Generator Reset...
Starting clock generation for T4 processor...
Clock generator is configured Starting T4 reset sequences ...

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Upgrading image on BMC4.2
To get the images from server it is necessary to configure the server. This configuration involves
Create the tftp server.
Network configuration
Steps to flash the image on BMC4.3
1. Boot the BMC and let the kernel up.
2. Set the ip of the BMC by using ifconfig. For e.g.
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.45 up
3. Check whether the host is connected or not using ping command. To use tftp, host (e.g.
laptop) and BMC should be in same domain. (NOTE: Both server and BMC in
192.168.0.x domain)
ping 192.168.0.81
4. If connection is done goto tmp directory. This can be done by
cd /tmp
5. Get the image from host by executing tftp command
tftp -gr <image name> <host_ip>
The image should present in /tftpboot directory in host system.
6. Flash the image to onboard flash memory with the help of following command
flashcp -v <image_name> /dev/mtd0
Flashing will take some time for erasing, writing and verifying data.
7. Once the flash is done reboot the BMC.

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BMC GUI Features for Dual T4 Server:4.4
1. Connect BMC console.
Figure 2 Console Cable
2. Let BMC and kernel up. Default ip is 192.168.0.45. We can change the default ip by ifconfig eth0
<ip> up.
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.45 up
3. Now the server starts and opens the URL with the local host ip.
4. And the login page appears on the browser.

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Figure 3 Login screen
5. Enter the user name and password.
Username : admin
Password : admin
6. On successful login system page will appear on the screen.
Figure 4 System Page 1

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Figure 5 System Page 2
7. System page displays details of server and BMC like serial number, CPU location, BMC FW build
time, CPU FW build time, software version of BMC & CPU etc, it displays status of voltage,
temperature and power supply unit status.
8. Network Configuration for 1G and 10G ports: Displays the Mac address. IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway
of the particular port. There is option to choose static and dynamic. If static, the MAC, IP, Subnet
mask and gateway will be default. If dynamic, one can change it and click on apply to apply the
changes.
Figure 6 Network Configuration

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9. Debug console on BMC : Display the location led status(ON/OFF/Blink). Displays the console logs
of BMC and Server. The server and BMC logs can be saved as text file. To save the logs click on
ON button one prompt will be displayed just click on save.
Figure 7 Debug Screen with prompt box to save the logs
Figure 8 Debug Screen

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Figure 9 T4 Server: Product Details
Figure 10 Board Details
10. Firmware Upgrade: For upgrading BMC and RCW select the file and then apply loading symbol it
will show. Upgrading will take some time.