VVDN DT4CP-2U User manual

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DT4CP-2U Storage Server
Quick Start Guide
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Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................................5
SYSTEM BOARD INTERFACE.............................................................................................................................51.1 TOP VIEW WITHOUT ADD ON CARD: ...............................................................................................................51.2 TOP VIEW :......................................................................................................................................................61.3 REAR VIEW:.....................................................................................................................................................71.4 FRONT VIEW:...................................................................................................................................................81.5 PCIE AND SAS INTERFACE:.............................................................................................................................91.6 SD CARD: ......................................................................................................................................................101.7 POWER ORING CARD: ....................................................................................................................................111.8 BOM DETAILS...............................................................................................................................................121.9
2BLOCK DIAGRAM ........................................................................................................................................13
3BOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER (BMC)....................................................................................14
PREPARING BOARD:.......................................................................................................................................143.1 FEATURES ......................................................................................................................................................143.2 UPGRADING IMAGE ON BMC .........................................................................................................................143.33.3.1 Create tftp server.................................................................................................................................14
3.3.2 Network Configuration ........................................................................................................................15
STEPS TO FLASH THE IMAGE ON BMC............................................................................................................153.4
4T4240MFCS......................................................................................................................................................16
PREPARING BOARD ........................................................................................................................................164.1 FEATURES ......................................................................................................................................................164.2 PORT MAP......................................................................................................................................................174.3 NOR FLASH.................................................................................................................................................184.4 SWITCH SETTING FOR SERVER1AND SERVER2FOR NOR FLASH....................................................................194.5 NOR FLASH.................................................................................................................................................194.6 SWITCH SETTINGS AND SET UP CONFIGURATION............................................................................................204.74.7.1 Switch Default settings (SD Card boot)...............................................................................................21
PROGRAM SD CARD.......................................................................................................................................224.8 SD CARD IMAGE UPGRADE.............................................................................................................................234.9

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1Introduction
The Dual T4240 Storage server product will be built with Dual T4240 which is a communication
processor from Freescale. The T4240 QorIQ multicore processor combines 12 dual-threaded e6500
Power Architecture® processor cores for a total of 24 threads with high-performance datapath
acceleration logic and network and peripheral bus interfaces required for networking, telecom/datacom,
data center, storage applications, and wireless infrastructure applications. A Dual T4240 based Data
center Storage appliance, offering a powerful unified communication solution with up to 80G of external
network connectivity, SRIO inter-chip connectivity and multiple SAS HDD’s and PCIe based SSD’s. The
storage appliance is designed to provide features that include data compression, de-duplication and
encryption. The use case is Storage Virtualization as a Software Defined Storage (SDS) appliance.
System Board Interface1.1
The figure shows the top view of T4240mfcs system board interface.
Top View without Add On Card:1.2

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Top View :1.3

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Rear View:1.4

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Front View:1.5
Power button Sequence:
Press Power button, for right t4240 power off or power on release power button when power led is
blinking fast (3-6 seconds).
Press Power button, for left t4240 power off or power on release power button when power led is blinking
slow (9-12 second)
Reset button Sequence:
Press Reset button, for right t4240 reset release reset button when power led is blinking fast (3-6
seconds).
Press Reset button, for left t4240 reset release power button when power led is blinking slow (9-12
second)
Button
0-3 sec
3-6 sec (Fast
blink power led)
6-9 sec
9-12 sec (Slow
blink power led)
Power
No Action
Power off/on right
T4240
No Action
Power off/on left
T4240
Reset
No Action
Reset right T4240
No Action
Reset left T4240

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PCIe and SAS Interface:1.6

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SD Card:1.7

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Power Oring Card:1.8

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BOM Details1.9
901-1-00039_A1
System, FRSU_MFCS, Comm. Server
Item
Description
Qty
Mfg
Mfg Part No
1
IC, uP, T4240, QorIQ
Integrated Multicore,
Core=1.8GHz , DDR=1.8GHz ,
PBGA-1932
2
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR
T4240NSE7QTB
2
Module, VLP UDIMM, DDR3,
4GB, 1866MHz, 1.5V,
512Mx72, Dual Rank
6
VENTURA TECHNOLOGY GROUP,
INC.
D3-66JK118MV-13
3
IC, NOR Flash, 128MB, x16bit,
110ns, TSOP-56
2
SPANSION
S29GL01GS11TFIV1
4
Module, Micro SD Card, 8GB
2
SANDISK
8GB Usd
5
IC, uC, AST1250, ARM9,
400MHz, LFBGA-408
2
ASPEED TECHNOLOGY INC
AST1250A1-GP
6
IC, 88E1512, Single Port,
Gigabit Ethernet PHY, QFN-56
4
MARVELL
88E1512-A0-
NNP2I000
7
Module, SSD, PCIe 3.0,
400GB, 2.5 Inch
8
INTEL
SSDPE2MD400G401
8
Module, SAS,100GB
8
HGST
HUSSL4010BSS600
9
Module, SFP Transceiver, 10G,
Dual LC, DDM
8
FINISAR
FTLX8571D3BCV
10
IC, TUSB2036, 2/3-Port USB
HUB, LQFP-32
2
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
TUSB2036VFR
11
IC, TMP112, Digital
Temperature Sensor, 2 wire
Interface, SOT563
4
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
TMP112AIDRL
12
IC, DS1374U, 32bit Binary
Counter RTC, I2C, USOP-10
2
MAXIM
DS1374U-33+

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2Block Diagram
The figure below shows a high-level block diagram of T4240MFCS.
NAND
Flash
T4240
#2
DDR3
DIMM
DDR3
DIMM
DDR3
DIMM
x64
@1866MT/s
x64
@1866MT/s
x64
@1866MT/s
NOR
Flash
x16
NAND
Flash
x8
USB
USB Host
@FS
SFP+XFI
SFP+
XFI
SFP+XFI
SFP+XFI
T4240
#1
DDR3
DIMM
DDR3
DIMM
DDR3
DIMM
x64
@1866MT/s
x64
@1866MT/s
x64
@1866MT/s
x8
NOR
Flash
x16
SFP+
USB
SFP+
SFP+
SFP+
XFI
XFI
XFI
USB Host
@FS
XFI
PCIe x4
@5G
PCIe x4
@5G
AC to DC
PSU 1
AC to DC
PSU 2
Local
Power
Supply
Generation
PCIe 3
PCIe 1
SRIO 2
SERDES 2.A
SERDES 2.B
SERDES 2.C
SERDES 2.D
SERDES 2.A
SERDES 2.B
SERDES 2.C
SERDES 2.D
SRIO 1
SRIO 1
AC Input 2
AC Input 1
PCIe
SSD x4
PCIe
Bridge
SRIO 2
PCIe 3
PCIe x4
@5G PCIe 1
PCIe
Bridge
PCIe
SSD x4
SRIO x4
@5G
SRIO x4
@5G
SAS Controller
+ Multiplexer
SAS/SATA
HDD x3
SAS/SATA
HDD x4
PCIe x4
@5G
SAS Controller
+ Multiplexer
SAS/SATA
HDD x3
SAS/SATA
HDD x4
IPMI
Controller
UART
IPMI
Controller
UART
Ethernet
PHY RJ45RMII
UART DB9RS232 Txcr
Ethernet
PHY RJ45
RMII
UART DB9RS232 Txcr
Figure 1 Datacenter Storage Server block diagram

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3Board Management Controller (BMC)
Preparing Board:3.1
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.
Features3.2
Booting device is SPI Flash (32M)
Primary flash and secondary flash (connected to spi.size 32M) .
ROM try with primary flashing if nothing finds in primary then after 1 min
watchdog reset and switches to secondary flash.
Upgrading image on BMC3.3
To get the images from server it is necessary to configure the server. This configuration involves
Create the tftp server.
Network configuration
3.3.1 Create tftp server
Install the tftp server by using the following command
# sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp
Create /etc/xinetd.d/tftp and write the following tftp configurations.
# default: off
# description: The tftp server serves files using the Trivial File
Transfer \
# Protocol. The tftp protocol is often used to boot diskless \
# workstations, download configuration files to network-aware printers, \
# and to start the installation process for some operating systems.
service tftp
{
protocol = udp
port = 69
socket_type = dgram
wait = yes
user = nobody
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = /tftpboot
disable = no
}

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Create a folder /tftpboot
# sudo mkdir /tftpboot
# sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot
# sudo chown -R nobody /tftpboot
Restart the xinetd service
# sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
3.3.2 Network Configuration
In network configuration user has to set the ip of the host and the ip should be static.
# sudo ifconfig eth0 down
# sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.81 up
Steps to flash the image on BMC3.4
Boot the BMC and let the kernel up.
Set the ip of the BMC by using ifconfig. For e.g.
# ifconfig eth0 down
# ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.45 up
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
If connection is done goto tmp directory. This can be done by
# cd /tmp
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.
Flash the image to onboard flash memory with the help of following command
# flashcp -v <image_name> /dev/mtd0

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4T4240MFCS
Preparing Board4.1
The steps to prepare this board for use are
Default Configuration:
CPU: 1866.667 MHz, DDR: 1867 MT/s (In case of 1.8G)
CPU: 1666.667 MHz, DDR: 1867 MT/s (In case of 1.6G)
1. Attach an RS-232 cable between the T4240 MFCS CPU/UART port and host computer.
2. Open a serial console tool on the host computer to communicate with this board.
3. Configure the host computer’s serial port with the following settings
Data rate : 11520 bps
Number of data bits : 8
Number of stop bits :1
Flow Control : Hardware/none
4. Push the power button on the front side of chassis. The board will boot and show the u-boot
console messages on CPU UART.
Features4.2
Some key features of the DT4CP2U are:
Freescale QorIQ Processing Platform
a. QorIQ T4240 dual communication processors with 24 (e6500 ) cores per T4240.
Memory Subsystem
a. DDR3 SDRAM
1. 6 DIMM slots; supports 4 GB per DIMM(Total 12GB per server).
2. Support DDR3 1866.667 MT/s data rate.
Storage Subsystem
a. SAS HDD
b. PCIe SSD
PCIe
a. PCIe X8 - connector
1. Configured in X4 mode using SERDES configuration.
2. Can support upto Gen3
b. PCIe X16- connector
1. X4 PCIe-NV Me
2. X4 SRIO(3.125Gbaud)
USB 2.0
a. One USB slot per server.
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a. Eight 10G XFI , four per T4240
b. Eight 1G ports, four per T4240
c. Two RGMII BMC-ETH , One per T4240
UART
a. Supports two UARTs upto 115200 bps for console display.
SRIO Interface
a. SRIO interface follows “RapidIO Interconnect Specification, Revision 2.1 “.
b. Configuration options
Configuration
Lane mode
Selectable speed(per lane in
Gbaud)
Selectable Modes
1x , 2x and 4x
2.5 , 3.125 and 5
Storage Server
4x
3.125
SD Card Interface
a. SD Card is one of the available booting options for Dual T4240 Communications
Platform. See Program SD card and SD card image upgrade.
Port Map4.3
The table below shows how ETH matches to Linux and U-boot.
For Server 1:
Label on Front
Panel
Port in u-boot
Port in Linux
FMAN address
Comments
1G(Port 1)
FM1@DTSEC1
FM1-MAC1
0xfe4e0000
SGMII
1G(Port 2)
FM1@DTSEC2
FM1-MAC2
0xfe4e2000
SGMII
1G(Port 3)
FM1@DTSEC3
FM1-MAC3
0xfe4e4000
SGMII
1G(Port 4)
FM1@DTSEC4
FM1-MAC4
0xfe4e6000
SGMII
10G(Port 1)
FM2@TGEC1
FM2-MAC9
0xfe5f0000
10G XFI
10G(Port 2)
FM2@TGEC2
FM2-MAC10
0xfe5f2000
10G XFI
10G(Port 3)
FM1@TGEC2
FM1-MAC10
0xfe4f2000
10G XFI
10G(Port 4)
FM1@TGEC1
FM1-MAC9
0xfe4f0000
10G XFI
For Server 2:

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Label on Front
Panel
Port in u-boot
Port in Linux
FMAN address
Comments
1G(Port 1)
FM1@DTSEC1
FM1-MAC1
0xfe4e0000
SGMII
1G(Port 2)
FM1@DTSEC2
FM1-MAC2
0xfe4e2000
SGMII
1G(Port 3)
FM1@DTSEC3
FM1-MAC3
0xfe4e4000
SGMII
1G(Port 4)
FM1@DTSEC4
FM1-MAC4
0xfe4e6000
SGMII
10G(Port 1)
FM2@TGEC1
FM2-MAC9
0xfe5f0000
10G XFI
10G(Port 2)
FM2@TGEC2
FM2-MAC10
0xfe5f2000
10G XFI
10G(Port 3)
FM1@TGEC2
FM1-MAC10
0xfe4f2000
10G XFI
10G(Port 4)
FM1@TGEC1
FM1-MAC9
0xfe4f0000
10G XFI
NOR FLASH4.4
This section explains programming the images in NOR flash and the switch settings for server 1 and 2 for
NOR flash.
• Commands for programming images in NOR flash:
# tftp 1000000 <Image>
# protect off <start add> <end address>
# erase <start add> <end address>
# cp.b 1000000 <start addr> $filesize

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MEMORY MAP for T4240 MFCS NOR Flash:
The addresses below are effective addresses as mapped by u-boot.
Range Start
Range End
Definition
Size(KB)
EC000000
EC01FFFF
RCW
112
EFF40000
EFFFFFFF
U-Boot
768
EFF00000
EFF1FFFF
FMAN
3167
EC020000
EC7FFFFF
uImage
5093
ED300000
EFDFFFFF
Rootfs
32368
EC800000
ED2FFFFF
DTB
629
Switch setting for server1 and server2 for NOR Flash4.5
For server 1:
DIP Switch
7
8
9
10
11
12
SW7
Off
Off
Off
Off
Off
Off
SW8
Off
Off
Off
On
Off
On
For server 2:
DIP Switch
7
8
9
10
11
12
SW5
Off
Off
Off
Off
Off
Off
SW6
Off
Off
Off
On
Off
On
NOR FLASH4.6
When SD Card is used as a booting device NOR Flash can be tested at u-boot prompt with
following commands. NOR Flash is the primary booting option which contains RCW,U-boot,U-
boot env, fman code etc
To read nor flash
cp {source address} {target address} {count}
To write nor flash
mw {source address} {target address or data to be written} {count}
To erase NOR Flash
Erase {start address} {end address}

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Switch Settings and set up configuration4.7