Introduction; Description - Motorola MVME5500 Installation And Use Manual

1Hardware Preparation and

Introduction

This chapter contains the following information:

Description

The MVME5500 is a single-board computer based on the PowerPC
MPC7455 processor and the Marvell GT-64260B host bridge with a dual
PCI interface and memory controller. On-board payload includes two
PMC slots, two SDRAM banks, an expansion connector for two additional
banks of SDRAM, 8MB boot Flash ROM, one 10/100/1000 Ethernet port,
one 10/100 Ethernet port, 32MB expansion Flash ROM, two serial ports,
NVRAM and a real-time clock.
The MVME5500 interfaces to a VMEbus system via its P1 and P2
connectors and contains two IEEE 1386.1 PCI mezzanine card (PMC)
slots. The PMC slots are 64-bit and support both front and rear I/O.
Additionally, the MVME5500 is user-configurable by setting on-board
jumpers. Two I/O modes are possible: PMC mode or SBC mode (also
called 761 or IPMC mode). The SBC mode uses the IPMC712 I/O PMC
and the MVME712M transition module, or the IPMC761 I/O PMC and the
MVME761 transition module. The SBC mode is backwards compatible
with the MVME761 transition module and the P2 adapter card (excluding
PMC I/O routing) used on the MVME5100 product. This mode is
accomplished by configuring the on-board jumpers and by attaching an
IPMC761 PMC in PMC slot 1. Secondary Ethernet is configured to the
rear.
PMC mode is backwards compatible with the MVME5100 and is
accomplished by configuring the on-board jumpers.
Board preparation and installation instructions
ESD precautionary notes
Installation
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