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- Page 1 EZ2-VX6060 Getting Started SD.DT.F65-0e February 2011 If it's embedded, it's Kontron.
- Page 2 Initial Release 07-2010 Copyright © 2011 Kontron AG. All rights reserved. All data is for information purposes only and not guaranteed for legal purposes. Information has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate; however, no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies. Kontron and the Kontron logo and all other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are recognized.
- Page 3 This document contains information proprietary to Kontron. It may not be copied or transmitted by any means, disclosed to others, or stored in any retrieval system or media without the prior written consent of Kontron or one of its authorized agents.
- Page 4 Therefore, in the interest of your own safety and of the correct operation of your new Kontron product, you are requested to conform with the following guidelines.
- Page 5 General Instructions on Usage In order to maintain Kontron’s product warranty, this product must not be altered or modified in any way. Changes or modifications to the device, which are not explicitly approved by Kontron and described in this manual or received from Kontron’s Technical Support as a special handling instruction, will void your warranty.
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Page 6: Table Of Contents
............Plug and Play with EZ2-VX6060 . - Page 7 EZ2-VX6060 Table Of Contents Chapter 4 - Technical Specifications ..........
- Page 8 List Of Figures Figure 1: EZ2-VX6060 Overview ............
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Page 9: Chapter 1 - Equipment Presentation
> Fedora 12 Linux Support EZ2-VX6060 is ready to use; its factory settings can get you to a shell prompt under Linux OS in a few seconds. Thanks to its modular design based on standards, EZ2-VX6060 is compatible with many extensions. -
Page 10: At A Glance
EZ2-VX6060 Equipment Presentation At a Glance The information displayed below applies for: a VX6060 board Order Code: VX6060-SA24-00000 Processor > Dual Intel® Core™ i7, clocked at 2 GHz Memory > DDR3 SDRAM: 2 GB per CPU, 4 GB total onboard Storage >... -
Page 11: Receipt Of The Equipment
1.4.2 Unpacking Unpacking the equipment must be carried out under the supervision of a technician approved by Kontron. > Open the package and take out the items one by one. Two people should assist in the unpacking of the system unit, as it may be heavy. -
Page 12: Content
EZ2-VX6060 Equipment Presentation 1.4.3 Content The EZ2-VX6060 6U VPX Computer is made of: EZ2-VX6060-00-L One computer rack and associated boards One power supply cable One serial cable KIT-2X-RJ12DB9 One documentation CD-ROM CDDOC One DVD-ROM Fedora 12 on VX6060 EZ2-VX6060 Getting Started SD.DT.F65 (this file) -
Page 13: System Identification
EZ2-VX6060 Equipment Presentation System Identification An identification label is available on the top side of the system. EZ2-VX6060-00-L Figure 3: System Identification > Model: System Order Code > Sn: Serial Number > ECL: Engineering Change Level SD.DT.F65-0e Page 5... -
Page 14: Introducing Front And Rear Views
EZ2-VX6060 Equipment Presentation Introducing Front and Rear Views Front View Front View 10 11 Non contractual photography Figure 4: Front View 1. Serial Connector COM-AB 2. Ethernet CPU-A 3. VGA Port CPU-A 4. PMC/XMC Slot 5. USB CPU-A 6. DisplayPort CPU-A 7. -
Page 15: Associated Documentation
Associated Documentation This product is based on the same design as the board. Therefore, the following documentations are available on the Kontron web site or on the technical documentation CD-ROM . Hardware > VX6060 6U VPX Computing Node - User's Guide . -
Page 16: Plug And Play With Ez2-Vx6060
1.8.1 Plug To connect the EZ2-VX6060 Computer, you need to attach the following cables: > the Power Supply cable (19) (available in the delivery kit) to the Power Supply connector (16) > the Serial cable (18) (available in the delivery kit) to the Serial connector (1) >... -
Page 17: Figure 7: Hardware Name Of Ethernet Ports
See VX6060 6U VPX Computing Node - User's Guide document for more information on the network architecture on board the VX6060. ON/OFF Button The ON/OFF button is located on the front panel of the EZ2-VX6060 system. Front View Non contractual photography To start the system >... -
Page 18: Play
EZ2-VX6060 Equipment Presentation Powering the system Off and On DO NOT turn the power on while the power is cycling off. Wait a few seconds until the power has completely cycled off. Follow the same precaution for turning the power off. - Page 19 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: Starting vx6060setup [ Fedora release 12 (Constantine) Kernel 2.6.32.14-10176.vx6060.fc12.i686.PAE on an i686 (/dev/ttyS0) node1 login: 4 Log in as: 4 VX6060 login: root 4 password: kontron 4 VX6060 login: guest 4 password: guest SD.DT.F65-0e Page 11...
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Page 20: Health Management
EZ2-VX6060 Equipment Presentation Health Management LEDs Figure 8: LEDs Front panel CPUA LED COLOR DESCRIPTION Permanent error on CPUA subsystem GREEN Internal power OK for CPUA subsystem ORANGE Reset state on CPUA subsystem Blinking during CPLDA I2C, SMI or COM activity... -
Page 21: Figure 9: Sbc Reset Switch
On the VX6060, each CPU has an independent reset button. One CPU can be reset without disturbing the other CPU. However, as in EZ2-VX6060 system, the CPUA is file diskless server for linux running on CPUB, a reset of CPUA will result in a freeze of the OS on CPUB. In that case, a CPUB reset would be necessary. -
Page 22: Chapter 2 - Software
Appendix A of SD.DT.F69 (VX6060 AMI BIOS User Manual) 2.1.1 BIOS Recovery > Refer to Appendix A of SD.DT.F69 (VX6060 AMI BIOS User Manual) Linux > Fedora 12 release > Kontron release >= 10176 > Refer to SD.DT.F72 (Release Note Fedora 12 on VX6060) Page 14 SD.DT.F65-0e... -
Page 23: Linux Pre-Installed System Parameters
EZ2-VX6060 Software Linux Pre-Installed System Parameters 2.3.1 Account Password Root account password is: kontron Guest account password is: guest 2.3.2 Disk Storage Disk storage is organised with a small /boot partition and a large / partition spanning the rest of the disk. -
Page 24: Serial Line / Console Output
EZ2-VX6060 Software Linux Devices Hardware Name eth0 bond0 192.168.1.1 N.A. eth1 CPUA eth2 External Network eth2 ETH-A DHCP configuration eth0 bond0 192.168.1.2 N.A. eth1 CPUB eth2 eth2 not configured N.A. Internal network 192.168.1.0 is accessible through the front panel ETH-SW. -
Page 25: Linux Pre-Installed Benchmarks
EZ2-VX6060 Software Linux Pre-Installed Benchmarks Sample benchmarks are provided with the system. These benchmarks can help you get the current performances of the system. lmbench covers most classical OS aspects, iperf will measure networking performance on TCP/IP socket on ETHERNET. Using iperf on top of VXFabric (tm) is also possible when the VXFabric(tm) software is installed. - Page 26 EZ2-VX6060 Software [guest@node1 ~]$ cd /opt/benchmarks/lmbench/ [guest@node1 lmbench]$ make see cd results && make summary percent 2>/dev/null | more make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/benchmarks/lmbench/results' L M B E N C H 3 . 0 S U M M A R Y...
- Page 27 EZ2-VX6060 Software [-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Host 2p/0K 2p/16K 2p/64K 8p/16K 8p/64K 16p/16K 16p/64K ctxsw ctxsw ctxsw ctxsw ctxsw ctxsw ctxsw --------- ------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ----- ---- --- --- vx6060 Linux 2.6.32. 3.4100 0.9200 3.2600 3.6900 3.0100 3.83000 3.60000...
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Page 28: Iperf
VX6060 download section on www.kontron.com) if you do not already have this document. Once started, VXFabric implements TCP/IP sockets on top of PCIe. Using the interface names exposed by VXFabric(tm) you can use iperf between CPUA and CPUB to measure VXFabric(tm) communication. -
Page 29: Chapter 3 - System Recovery
Refer to SD.DT.F72 (Release Note Fedora 12 on VX6060). BIOS Recovery on CPUB Refer to Appendix A of SD.DT.F69 (AMI-BIOS User Reference Manual). More help Email your issue to support-kom-sa@kontron.com with subject line EZ2-VX6060-00-L and give your system Serial number. SD.DT.F65-0e Page 21... -
Page 30: Chapter 4 - Technical Specifications
EZ2-VX6060 Technical Specifications Chapter 4 - Technical Specifications Rack Dimensions Height 2U 3.5” / 88.9 mm Width 19” / 482.6 mm 17.63” / 448 mm without mounting ears Depth 17.32” / 440 mm Weight Weight ~ 8 Kg (approximately) Power Supply Unit (PSU) - Page 31 EZ2-VX6060 Technical Specifications Humidity Relative Humidity DO-160E §6 5 to 95% non condensing > CE Safety > TUV EN 60950 / UL 60950 SD.DT.F65-0e Page 23...
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Page 32: Vpx Backplane
EZ2-VX6060 Technical Specifications VPX Backplane Key Figures > Compliant to VITA 46.0 baseline specification Page 24 SD.DT.F65-0e... -
Page 33: Appendix A - Technical Recommendations
EZ2-VX6060 Technical Recommendations Appendix A - Technical Recommendations Recommendation Avoid connecting your rack on the same circuit as any electrical equipment that does not have a noise suppressor, and can produce transient phenomena. It is preferable to install a separate power line directly from the main electrical network. -
Page 34: Appendix B - List Of Abbreviations
EZ2-VX6060 List of Abbreviations Appendix B - List of Abbreviations Alternating Current Board Support Package Direct Current Electro-Magnetic Compatibility Electrostatic Sensitive Device Light Emitting Diode MTBF Mean Time Between Failures Operating System PCI Mezzanine Card Rear Transition Module Single Board Computer SDRAM Synchronous DRAM. - Page 35 Kontron Modular Computers S.A.S. +33 (0) 4 98 16 34 00 150 rue Marcelin Berthelot - BP 244 sales@kontron.com ZI TOULON EST support-kom-sa@kontron.com 83078 TOULON CEDEX - France For further information about other Kontron products, please visit our Internet web site: www.kontron.com.
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