GE CM6 Hardware Reference Manual page 31

Minimum System Requirements
Installation
GE Intelligent Platforms – CM6 Hardware Reference Manual, Fourth Edition
General Advisories
Before installing or removing any board, please ensure that the system power
and external supplies have been turned off.
Check that jumpers and piggybacks are correctly configured for your
application. Mount the board, piggyback, or transition module very carefully.
See also sections on additional advisories below.
Do not restore power until you are sure that all modules are fitted correctly and
all connections have been made properly.
Advisories for CompactPCI products
Mount the CPU board carefully in the CPCI bus slot. Note that on some boards
connectors are used for I/O purposes which must not be inserted into a CPCI
bus backplane. A transition module must be used instead.
As shipped, the CM6 has been thoroughly tested, and is nearly ready for use in
your system. In order to verify CM6 operation for the first time, it is suggested
that you only configure a minimal system
Because the CM6 is available in several options the description in this chapter
is related to the standard configuration.
The following items are required to start the CM6 in a standard configuration:
Backplane and Power Supply
You will need a standard 3U 32bit CompactPCI backplane wired into a
regulated power supply capable of providing stable low noise +5 V and +3.3 V
sources. Make sure that the supply is capable of meeting the total power
requirements of the CM6. Please refer to chapter "Specifications" on page 65
for details.
Initially, you have to plug the CM6 into your 3U system slot of your CPCI
system. Please make sure that you do not have the power supply turned ON
when the CM6 is plugged into your backplane.
The CTM19 is a 3U x 80 mm rear I/O module which has to be plugged into the
CM6 with the backplane between.
Attention:
Do not insert a CM6 board in a 3/6U 64-bit Backplane because
this may damage electrical interfaces at the CM6.
After making sure that you have installed the CM6 properly into your CPCI
backplane, connect a VT102 terminal at COM1 (use CTM19) and set the
terminal to 115200 baud rate, 8-bit, non-parity. When the board is completely
reset the status LED at the board is off and will be set to green by the boot
loader at start.
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