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SharpStreamer Installation and Use P/N: 6806800V01B June 2018...
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About this Manual Overview of Contents This manual is divided into the following chapters and appendices. provides information about the safety regulations that should be Safety Notes on page 15 observed while operating the product. provides information about German translation of the Sicherheitshinweise on page 19 ...
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About this Manual Abbreviation Definition JTAG Joint Test Action Group Low Pin Count mCPU Management CPU Media Access Control Multiple System Operator Over-the-Top Peripheral Control Hub Peripheral Component Interconnect POST Power-On Self Test SMBus System Management Bus Serial Over LAN Serial Presence Detect Serial Voltage Identification SVID...
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About this Manual Notation Description Used to characterize user input and to separate it from system output Courier + Bold 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...
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About this Manual Notation Description Helpful information and tips. Summary of Changes This manual has been revised and replaces all prior editions. Part Number Publication Date Description 6806800V01B June 2018 Updated marketing numbers for the SharpStreamer Pro PCIE-7210/7211. Technical and editorial enhancements to content. Document title change to SharpStreamer Pro.
Artesyn 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.
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Safety Notes modifications not expressly approved by Artesyn Embedded Technologies could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Board products are tested in a representative 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.
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Safety Notes Product Damage Incorrect installation of the product can cause damage of the product. Only use appropriate tools when installing/removing the product to avoid damage/deformation to the card and/or PCB. Environment Always dispose equipment that is finally taken out of operation according to your country’s legislation and manufacturer’s instructions.
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Safety Notes SharpStreamer Pro Installation and Use (6806800V01B)
Sie zuständige Geschäftsstelle von Artesyn. So stellen Sie sicher, dass alle sicherheitsrelevanten Aspekte beachtet werden. Das Produkt wurde in einem Artesyn Standardsystem getestet. Es erfüllt die für digitale Geräte der Klasse A gültigen Grenzwerte in einem solchen System gemäß den FCC-Richtlinien Abschnitt 15 bzw.
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Störungen führen, welche dann auf Kosten des Produktanwenders beseitigt werden müssen. Änderungen oder Modifikationen am Produkt, welche ohne ausdrückliche Genehmigung von Artesyn durchgeführt werden, können dazu führen, dass der Anwender die Genehmigung zum Betrieb des Produktes verliert. Boardprodukte werden in einem repräsentativen System getestet, um zu zeigen, dass das Board den oben aufgeführten EMV-...
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Sicherheitshinweise Fehlerhafter Datenbestand Wenn sie die Spannungsversorgung des Produkts abschalten, während Programmdaten im Flashspeicher aktualisiert, werden, können diese Daten nicht korrekt gespeichert werden. In diesem Fall ist das Produkt mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit nicht mehr betriebsbereit und die Funktionsfähigkeit muß durch einen qualifizierten Reparaturdienst wieder hergestellt werden. Installation Beschädigung von Schaltkreisen Elektrostatische Entladung und unsachgemäßer Ein- und Ausbau des Produktes...
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Sicherheitshinweise SharpStreamer Pro Installation and Use (6806800V01B)
PCI Express card footprints that are easily deployable in off-the-shelf platforms. Each SharpStreamer Pro CPU is capable of up to eight streams of 1080p30 H.265/High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) transcodes, or four streams of 1080p60 H.265/HEVC transcodes.
Introduction Hardware Description The SharpStreamer Pro card is designed for the Artesyn MaxCore platform. The MaxCore is a platform with PCIe card slots for designing a highly scalable rack-mount appliance. MaxCore has the ability to implement many network connected servers within the same enclosure. The card has been designed to integrate into today’s industry leading platforms.
The software is delivered in the form of software components. These software components contain necessary binaries, utilities, and tools to enable the SharpStreamer Pro card function as a management CPU (mCPU) or an application CPU (aCPU) for upgrading firmware and for media transcoding.
EN 300 386 v1.6.1: 2012 EN 61000-4-11:2004 Voltage dips and interrupts The SharpStreamer Pro card is designed to comply only with MaxCore Server. Ordering and Support Information Use the part numbers in the next table when ordering a card, supported software packages, or requesting support information.
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Introduction Table 1-2. Ordering Information Part Number Description SharpStreamer Pro full length PCIe card, 2X Intel Core 2GHz Xeon PCIE-7210-2-32GB E3-1585 v5 (E3-1578Lv5) I210, 32 GB SSD per CPU, 16 GB RAM per CPU SharpStreamer Pro Installation and Use (6806800V01B)
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Introduction SharpStreamer Pro Installation and Use (6806800V01B)
The environmental, thermal, and power requirements, and the installation and removal procedures of the card are also explained in this chapter. Unpacking and Inspecting SharpStreamer Pro Card Use ESD...
Operating temperatures refer to the temperature of the incoming air passing across the card and out of the faceplate, not the temperature of the components. The following table provides the environmental and thermal requirements for the SharpStreamer Pro card. Table 2-1. Environmental and Thermal Requirements Requirement...
Hardware Preparation and Installation 2.3.2 Power Requirements The next table provides the typical power consumed by the SharpStreamer Pro card. Table 2-2. Power Requirements Mode PCIe slot power with expansion connector Idle 63.6 W (+/- 10%) Active 82.2 W (+/- 10%)
SharpStreamer Pro Card Installation and Removal This section contains the SharpStreamer Pro card installation and removal procedures. Shipping the card along with a server is not recommended. If you need to ship the card with the server, make sure the card is properly secured in the server.
For detailed information about the PCIe card installation, refer to the MaxCore product documentation. 4. Insert the SharpStreamer Pro card into the PCIe slot, secure it, and ensure the card is properly fitted in the PCIe slot. 5. Lock the slot ejectors, close the system cover, and power on the system.
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Hardware Preparation and Installation 3. Remove the system cover. 4. Remove the screw holding the front panel bracket and gently pull the SharpStreamer Pro card from the slot. 5. Close the cover of the system. 6. Place the SharpStreamer Pro card in an ESD-protective bag and seal it securely.
Overview This chapter describes the functional blocks of the SharpStreamer™ Pro card. The SharpStreamer Pro server accelerator card provides the processor subsystem for the Artesyn MaxCore system. TheSharpStreamer Pro comes in a PCI Express-like form factor with MaxCore- specific modifications and extensions.
Functional Description CPU Complex The CPU complex of SharpStreamer Pro card is comprised of an Intel E3-1578Lv5 or E3-1585Lv5. 3.2.1 Intel Skylake-H Processor Skylake is the 6th generation of Intel's Processor Family. Built on a 14 nm process, each processor is 64-bit and multicore. Part of the H-processor line, both the Xeon E3-1578Lv5 and E3-1585Lv5 use the BGA1440 package and are connected to a discrete PCH.
Functional Description DDR4 Memory The SharpStreamer Pro card comes with four DDR4 SODIMM channels, two on each E3-1578L v5 / E3-1585L v5 processor. Each DIMM is populated with 8 GB of memory. That means, each processor has an 16 GB DDR4 memory (8 GB on each channel) running at DDR4-2133 speed, resulting a total 32 GB of memory on each SharpStreamer Pro card.
Functional Description Power A 12 V power supply is provided to the card through two PCIe gold finger edge connectors (edge connector 1 and edge connector 2). There is a voltage and current monitor circuit on the 12 V bus to PCH1. This is used to measure the power consumed by card. The edge connector 1 provides 3.3 V supply to the CPLD and the edge connector 2 provides 3.0 V RTC power to the PCH1 and PCH2.
The Serial VID or Serial Voltage Identification (SVID) is a 3-wire digital interface used to transfer power management information between the Master and Slave. In SharpStreamer Pro, the processor acts as a Master and the voltage regulators act as Slaves for this SVID interface.
SharpStreamer Pro install the card into the server. This figure shows the location of the microSD card slots on the SharpStreamer Pro card. Figure 3-2. microSD Card Location CPU1- Micro SD card slot CPU2- Micro SD card slot...
1. Format the microSD card as FAT32, then copy the recovery firmware onto the card. 2. Insert the microSD card into the socket, and install the SharpStreamer Pro card into the server. 3. Boot the server to a Linux CentOS.
Functional Description Figure 3-3. Location of Temperature Sensors - Secondary Side U68 Temperature Sensor U91 Temperature Sensor 3.10 Clock Distribution Clocking for each CPU complex consists of two input crystals. One 24 MHz crystal to drive all the main buses and a 32.768 kHz crystal to drive the real time clock. Processor clocks are driven from the PCH device.
USB2.0 CPU2 Console via USB 2.0 CPU1 & CPU2 User LED CPU1 User LED CPU2 The SharpStreamer Pro card comes with two gold finger edge connectors referred as edge Connector 1 and edge Connector 2. SharpStreamer Pro Installation and Use (6806800V01B)
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors 4.2.2 PCI Express Edge Connector The first set of goldfingers follow the standard x16 PCI Express Connector Pinout as defined by the PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification Revision 3.0, The following table provides further detail. Table 4-1. PCI Express Edge Connector 1 Pinout Pin # Side B...
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Controls, Indicators, and Connectors Table 4-1. PCI Express Edge Connector 1 Pinout (continued) Pin # Side B Side A Name Description Name Description Tx_P(1) Transmitter Lane 1 RSVD Reserved Tx_N(1) Differential pair Ground Ground Rx_P(1) Receiver Lane 1 Ground Rx_N(1) Differential pair Tx_P(2) Transmitter Lane 2...
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Controls, Indicators, and Connectors Table 4-1. PCI Express Edge Connector 1 Pinout (continued) Pin # Side B Side A Name Description Name Description Ground Ground Tx_P(8) Transmitter Lane 8 RSVD Reserved Tx_N(8) Differential pair Ground Ground Rx_P(8) Receiver Lane 8 Ground Rx_N(8) Differential pair...
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors Table 4-1. PCI Express Edge Connector 1 Pinout (continued) Pin # Side B Side A Name Description Name Description Tx_N(15) Differential pair Ground Ground Rx_P(15) Receiver Lane 15 PRSNT#2 Hot plug present detect Rx_N(14) Differential pair RSVD#2 Reserved Ground...
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Controls, Indicators, and Connectors Table 4-2. MaxCore Expansion Edge Connector 2 Pinout (continued) Pin # Side B Side A Name Description Name Description Ground PCH1_UART1_EXT_R UART1 receiver of PCH1 PCH2_USB2_BMC_DP USB port of PCH2 GND Ground PCH2_USB2_BMC_DM Differential pair Ground Ground PCH1_USB2_BMC_D USB port of PCH1...
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Controls, Indicators, and Connectors Table 4-2. MaxCore Expansion Edge Connector 2 Pinout (continued) Pin # Side B Side A Name Description Name Description Not connected Not connected Not connected Not connected Not connected Not connected Not connected Not connected Not connected Not connected Ground Ground...
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Controls, Indicators, and Connectors Table 4-2. MaxCore Expansion Edge Connector 2 Pinout (continued) Pin # Side B Side A Name Description Name Description PCH2_SATA1_RX_D_P SATA1receiver Ground Port of PCH2 PCH2_SATA1_RX_D_M Ground (Diff pair) Ground PCH2_SATA1_TX_D_ SATA1 transmitter port of PCH2 (Diff pair) Ground PCH2_SATA1_TX_D_...
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors Table 4-2. MaxCore Expansion Edge Connector 2 Pinout (continued) Pin # Side B Side A Name Description Name Description Not connected Ground Ground Not connected Ground Not connected CON_MNGR_PRSNT_N Management Ground signal 4.2.4 Console Access Port (USB Slave) The micro USB-UART port is the UART0 port of the PCH through CP2105-F01-GMR silabs device.
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors LEDs 4.3.1 POST Code LEDs The following figure shows the general usage LEDs D17, D15, D13, D14, D16, D14, D12, and D10. Figure 4-2. General Usage LEDs 5 1 D 3 1 D 1 1 D 6 1 D 4 1 D 2 1 D...
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors 4.3.2 microSD Activity LEDs The following figure shows the CPU1 USB2240 LED D3 and the CPU2 USB2240 LED D18. Figure 4-3. Location of microSD Activity LEDs (D3 and D18) Table 4-6. CPU1 and CPU2 microSD Activity LEDs Label Color Status Description...
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors 4.3.3 Faceplate LEDs The following figure shows the faceplate LEDs D22 and D21. Figure 4-4. Faceplate LEDs Table 4-7. Faceplate LEDs Processor Value Status CPU1 Blinking Red On-board power failure /CPU shutdown by OS Green CPU power UP None CPU power OFF CPU2...
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors 4.3.4 Interprocessor Communication Status/Activity LEDs The following figure shows the interprocessor communication status LEDs D40, D44, D36, and D32. Figure 4-5. Location of Interprocessor Communications Status LEDs Table 4-8. Interprocessor Communication Status LEDs Label Color Status Description Debug LEDs Green Port 0 CPU1 - LINK/ACTIVITY (Asserted steady when link is established and...
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors 4.3.5 Backplane Ethernet Communication Status/Activity LEDs The following figures show the locations of the backplane Ethernet communication status/activity LEDs. Figure 4-6. Location of Backplane Ethernet Communication Status LEDs (D30, D31, D33) Figure 4-7. Location of Backplane Ethernet Communication Status LED (D27) Top SharpStreamer Pro Installation and Use (6806800V01B)
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors Figure 4-8. Location of Backplane Ethernet Communication LEDs (D28/D29) Bottom Table 4-9. Backplane Ethernet Communication LEDs Label Color Status Description Green I210 Default - Link Up/Activity (200 ms on/200 ms off) Green I210 Default - Link 1000 Green I210 Default - Link 100 Green...
Controls, Indicators, and Connectors Controls There are two reset buttons available on the faceplate of the SharpStreamer Pro card used to reset PCH1 and PCH2. Button S3 resets PCH1 Button S2 resets PCH2 Figure 4-9. Reset Button S2 and S3 Location...
Chapter 5 BIOS Overview This chapter describes the BIOS setup, serial port configuration parameters, steps to access the BIOS setup screen, and configuring the BIOS settings. The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) acts as an interface between the operating system and the hardware of the card.
BIOS To access the BIOS Setup screen, press <F2> when the message to set up the BIOS appears on the screen. The following figure shows a sample BIOS Setup screen. Figure 5-1. BIOS Setup Screen Select Save and Exit after making a selection in the setup menus. This procedure stores the selections displayed in the menus in CMOS.
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BIOS To navigate setup, use the arrow keys on the keyboard to highlight items on the menu. All other navigation possibilities are shown at the bottom of the menu. Additionally, item-specific help is displayed on the right hand side of the menu window. It displays the help text for the currently selected field.
BIOS 5.2.1 Menu Bar The next table provides information about the BIOS Setup screen menu bar options. Table 5-1. BIOS Setup Menu Bar Menu Description Main Configuring the basic system Advanced Setting the advanced features available on the system chip set Security Setting the security password Power...
BIOS To display a submenu, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired submenu and then press <Enter>. Table 5-2. Legend Keys Function Displays general help window Exits the menu or the BIOS Setup program without saving any changes Left and Right Arrow Keys Selects a different menu (moves the cursor left or right) Up and Down Arrow Keys...
BIOS Figure 5-2. General Help Menu Configuring BIOS Setup Settings This section provides BIOS configuration in each of the menu options. 5.3.1 Main Menu Select the Main tab from the menu bar. By default, the Main tab is selected on the BIOS Setup screen. SharpStreamer Pro Installation and Use (6806800V01B)
BIOS To modify menu screen items, scroll down the Main screen. The following screen appears. Figure 5-3. Main Menu The next table provides the list of features that can be configured in Main menu. Table 5-3. Main Menu Selection Options/Format Description Language English/French/Chinese/Japanese...
BIOS 5.3.2 Advanced Menu Select Advanced tab from the menu bar. Figure 5-4. Advanced Menu Use the legend keys to make a selection or exit in/from the Advanced menu. The following table provides the frequently configurable settings in the Advanced menu. The other configurations shown in the Advanced menu are default values and do not need configuring.
BIOS 5.3.2.1 Boot Configuration This figure shows the Boot Configuration submenu. Figure 5-5. Boot Configuration The following table provides information about options in the Boot Configuration submenu and their default values. The values shown in the tables enclosed within brackets [...] indicate the default settings. Table 5-5.
BIOS 5.3.2.2 Console Redirection Setup This figure shows the Console Redirection Setup submenu screen. If selected, the settings are applied to all ports. Individual submenus are available if there is a need for separate port configuration. Figure 5-6. Console Redirection Setup This table provides information about the feature options in the Console Redirection Setup submenu and their defaults values.
BIOS Table 5-6. Console Redirection Setup (continued) Feature Option Description Text Mode Resolution AUTO Selects the text mode resolution [Force 80x25] Force 80x24 (DEL FIRST ROW) Force 80x24 (DEL LAST ROW) AutoRefresh Disabled Selects if the terminal will be refreshed after a console is detected [Enabled] FailSafeBaudRate...
BIOS Figure 5-7. Security Menu The following table provides other options in the Security menu and their defaults. Table 5-7. Security Menu Feature Option Description Set Supervisor Password Sets the password SharpStreamer Pro Installation and Use (6806800V01B)
BIOS 5.3.4 Power Menu To view the Power menu, select the Power tab from the menu bar. The Power menu is displayed and looks similar to the following figure. Figure 5-8. Power Menu SharpStreamer Pro Installation and Use (6806800V01B)
BIOS 5.3.5 Boot Menu To view the Boot menu, select the Boot tab on the menu bar. The Boot menu screen is displayed as shown below. Figure 5-9. Boot Menu The next table provides options in the Boot menu and their default settings. The values shown in the tables enclosed within brackets [...] indicate the default settings.
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BIOS Table 5-8. Boot Menu (continued) Feature Option Description Quick Boot [Enabled] Enables or disables the quick boot feature which skip certain tests to decrease the boot time Disabled Quiet Boot [Enabled] Enables or disables the booting in text mode Disabled Network Stack [Disabled]...
BIOS 5.3.6 Exit Menu To view the Exit menu, select the Exit tab from the menu bar. Use the legend keys to make a selection or exit to the main menu. The Exit menu screen looks similar to the figure below. Figure 5-10.
BIOS BIOS Boot Parameter The BIOS reads the boot parameters from the CPLD shared memory and interprets the parameters for various purposes. The BIOS Boot Parameters are supported from BIOS version 2.1.5. The following is the supported BIOS Boot parameter list: fw_con_br=9600/19200/38400/57600/115200 # BIOS Setup >...
Appendix A Related Documentation Artesyn Embedded Technologies Documentation Visit our web site for the latest copies of Artesyn product manuals. You can also obtain electronic copies of Artesyn Embedded Technologies - Embedded Computing publications by contacting your local Artesyn sales office.
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