AMC-8100 Preface Copyright 2010 ADLINK Technology Inc. This document contains proprietary information protected by copy- right. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be repro- duced by any mechanical, electronic, or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
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Using this Manual Audience and Scope The AMC-8100 User’s Manual is intended for hardware technicians and systems operators with knowledge of installing, configuring and operating industrial grade CompactPCI modules. Manual Organization This manual is organized as follows: Chapter 1, Overview: Introduces the AMC-8100, its features, and package contents.
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AMC-8100 Conventions Take note of the following conventions used throughout this manual to make sure that users perform certain tasks and instructions properly. Additional information, aids, and tips that help users perform tasks. NOTE: NOTE: Information to prevent minor physical injury, component dam- age, data loss, and/or program corruption when trying to com- plete a task.
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AMC-8100 Table of Contents Revision History..............ii Preface ..................iii List of Tables................xi List of Figures ..............xiii 1 Overview ................1 Introduction ................1 Features................1 Hardware Configuration............2 Package Contents ............... 2 2 Installation ................3 Important Information about Your Chassis ......3 Before Installing or Removing the AMC.......
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5 BIOS Features ..............27 LSI Boot BIOS ..............27 5.1.1 LSI Boot BIOS Features ..........27 5.1.2 BIOS Overview .............. 27 5.1.3 LSI BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) ....... 28 Starting the LSI Boot BIOS Configuration Utility ....28 Using the LSI Boot BIOS Configuration Utility ....29 5.3.1 Main Menu ..............
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AMC-8100 6 Connector Pin Assignments ........... 47 AMC-8100 Port Assignments ..........47 7 Specifications ..............49 Environmental Specifications..........49 Power Requirements ............49 EMC Compliance............... 50 8 Front Panel Indicators ............. 51 9 IPMI Function List ............53 Sensor Data Records ............53 Supported IPMI Commands ..........
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AMC-8100 List of Tables Table 3-1: Supported Operating Systems ....... 12 Table 6-1: AMC-8100 AMC Port Assignments ......47 Table 7-1: AMC-8100 Power Requirements ......49 Table 8-1: AMC-8100 LED Functions ........52 Table 9-1: Sensor Data Records ..........53 Table 9-2: Standard FRU Data Records ........
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AMC-8100 Overview 1.1 Introduction AMC-8100 is an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) that provides embedded system designers of MicroTCA or AdvancedTCA sys- tems the flexibility to connect to an external Fibre Channel SAN or fabric. The use of Fibre Channel provides effective storage solu- tion to larger robust storage.
Figure 1-1: AMC-8100 Physical Overview Hardware Configuration The AMC-8100 is a PCI Express to Fibre Channel controller intended for an AdvancedTCA AMC carrier board or MicroTCA chassis/backplane/slot that are AMC.1 (PCI Express) compliant. It supports x1, x4, and x8 PCI Express lanes. It delivers 2 ports of Fibre Channel to the front panel via SFP’s.
AMC-8100 Installation This chapter contains the procedures for installing and removing the AMC-8100 AMC module. The AMC-8100 Module can be installed into a system enclosure or carrier board with a single-width mid-size Advanced Mezzanine card slot supporting PCI Express (x1, x4, or x8 lanes). 2.1 Important Information about Your Chassis The AMC-8100 is designed to PICMG specifications and is a gen- eral-purpose Advanced Mezzanine Card.
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If an ESD station is not available, you can avoid damage resulting from ESD by wearing an antistatic wrist strap (available at elec- tronics stores) that is attached to an active electrical ground. Note that a system chassis may not be grounded if it is unplugged. Bent Pins or Other Damage Bent pins or loose components can cause damage to the board, the backplane, or other system components.
AMC-8100 Understanding Hot Swap Your AMC-8100 is electrically designed for hot swap within a fully powered chassis. To facilitate hot swap, there is a blue LED on the front faceplate. This LED is under software control. If your system is using software that provides full hot swap capa- bilities, the software will illuminate the blue hot swap LED on the AMC faceplate when software has stopped and it is safe to remove the AMC module.
There are 3 positions of the Module Handle: 1. Pushed all the way in (IN) - When IN the module sends a signal to the Shelf Manager that the module is not in the Hot Swap state and the Shelf Manager will communicate with the MMC.
AMC-8100 2.5 Installing the AMC-8100 Module This section describes a recommended procedure for installing a board module in a chassis. Before you install your module, please read all cautions, warnings, and instructions presented in this section. Handling modules and peripherals can result in static damage. Use a grounded wrist strap, static-dissipating work surface, and antistatic containers when handling and storing components.
2.6 Removing the AMC Module This section describes a recommended procedure for removing a board module from a chassis. Before you remove your module, please read all cautions, warn- ings, and instructions presented in this section. Hot swap com- pliant modules may be removed while the system is powered CAUTION: on.
AMC-8100. 3.1 Overview The ADLINK Technology AMC-8100 module provides two ports of 4G Fibre Channel. Each port is capable of 4G, 2G, or 1G data rates.. The PCI Express transmission and reception data rate is 2.5 Gbits/s in each direction, yielding a total bandwidth of 5.0...
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Provides a scalable interface Single-lane aggregate bandwidth of up to 0.5 Gbytes/s (500 Mbytes/s) Quad-lane aggregate bandwidth of up to 2.0 Gbytes/s (2000 Mbytes/s) 8-lane aggregate bandwidth of up to 4.0 Gbytes/s (4000 Mbytes/s) Supports serial, point-to-point interconnections between devices Reduces the electrical load of the connection Enables higher transmission and reception frequencies Supports lane reversal and polarity inversion...
AMC-8100 Provides quality of service (QOS) link configuration and arbitration policies Supports Traffic Class 0 and one virtual channel Supports Message Signaled Interrupts (both MSI and MSI- X) as well as INTx interrupt signaling for legacy PCI support Supports end-to-end CRC (ECRC) and Advanced Error Reporting Figure 3-1: AMC-8100 Functional Block Diagram Functional Description...
3.2 Operating System Support The ADLINK AMC-8100 module supports all major operating sys- tems as shown below. Operating System Versions Windows XP, 2000, Server 2003, Vista Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3, 4 SuSE Enterprise Server (SLES) 8, 9 Novel NetWare 5.1, 6.0 Sun Sparc Solaris 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10...
AMC-8100 3.4 Module Features LEDs The ADLINK AMC-8100 module has 5 LEDs. In addition to the AMC required Blue Hot Swap (HS) LED and the red Out Of Ser- vice (OOS) LED the ADLINK AMC-8100 module also has a heart- beat LED.
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AMC-8100 Fibre Channel Firmware Installation This chapter provides information about installing and configuring the Fibre Channel (FC) firmware. The ADLINK AMC FC host adapters are preloaded with firmware that presents a multiprotocol service layer based on the LSI Fusion-MPT architecture. The FC firmware provides FCP (SCSI-3 over FC) Initiator, FCP Target, and LAN interface services to the host system.
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Auto Topology Detection for Arbitrated Loop, Fabric Loop, or Direct Fabric attachment (user selects N_Port, NL_Port, or Auto) FC-Tape/FC-AL2 Class 3 confirmed delivery support Fusion-MPT common software interface Initiator and Target capability FC Class 3 connectionless service FC-PH compliance FC-AL 7.0 compliance FC-FCP, FC-PLDA compliance FC-FLA compliance FCA-IP, IETF-IPFC compliance...
AMC-8100 4.2 Updating the FC Firmware The process of updating the FC firmware varies slightly, depend- ing on the operating system. GUI Update Tool for Windows and Linux Platforms With the MyStorage® management software installed on either Windows or Linux operating systems, you can use the MyStorage software from LSI to update the firmware.
4. Select a device to update (see figure below). Figure 4-1: LSIUtil Device Selection 5. From the subsequent displayed list, select option menu 2 or 4 as shown (see figure below). Figure 4-2: LSIUtil Download Options Fibre Channel Firmware Installation...
AMC-8100 6. When prompted, type the firmware file name. 7. Type Yes, when asked to continue (see figure below). Figure 4-3: LSIUtil File Download The update process requires about 20–30 seconds. Upon com- pletion, the system should display this message: download succeeded.
3. Boot the system to the DOS prompt A:\>. 4. Execute the MPTUtil program directly from the DOS command line by typing at the prompt: A:\ MPTutil The MPTUtil program identifies all LSI based host adapt- ers in the system, and allows you to select which adapter to update (see figure below).
AMC-8100 Figure 4-5: MPTUtil Options 6. When prompted, type the filename of the BIOS/Fcode update. The update process will commence, and will complete in about 20–30 seconds. 7. Exit the MPTUtil utility using the menu option q - Quit. Fibre Channel Firmware Installation...
4.3 Advanced User Settings Adjusting Default Firmware Settings Occasionally, a user may find it necessary to adjust default firm- ware parameters set by ADLINK during the original manufacturing process. Adjustments to these parameters will affect future behavior of the host adapters, and should be reserved for advanced users who fully understand the implications of such changes.
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AMC-8100 2. The MPTUtil program displays a menu of options. (Fig- ure 4-5: MPTUtil Options on page 21). To change the link speed on the AMC55 Port 0 Lower port, select the fol- lowing menu options: f – Toggle Board Speed on Function 0 Successively pressing the ‘f’...
depth of 9, with a timeout of 1280 (0x500) µs. This means that the host is interrupted only once for 9 I/Os processed by the chip, unless 1280 µs have passed since the host was last interrupted. If the workload is of a large transfer length and sequential, LSI rec- ommends that interrupt coalescing be disabled, to prevent perfor- mance degradation.
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AMC-8100 Interrupt Coalescing should only be disabled to resolve issues in unique system configurations. Consult with ADLINK Support to verify the need to disable Interrupt Coalescing for specific system configurations. When enabled, two parameters are rel- evant for interrupt coalescing. Coalescing Depth Specifies the number of I/O that must complete before a host interrupt is generated.
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AMC-8100 BIOS Features This chapter describes the Fibre Channel Boot BIOS Configura- tion Utility, the OpenBoot BIOS, and the EFI Boot Services Driver. A BIOS is the ROM code that the system loads to facilitate booting from FC drives. The BIOS also contains an embedded configura- tion manager, with which you configure options provided by the firmware.
IDE drives, as these tend to get lower drive letter assignments than FC devices. The Boot feature is disabled by default on all host adapters shipped from ADLINK. NOTE: NOTE: 5.1.3 LSI BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) The LSI BIOS provides support for the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS), which allows you to choose which device to boot from by selecting the priority.
AMC-8100 5.3 Using the LSI Boot BIOS Configuration Utility This section provides the menu formats and user inputs available to inform users about the boot BIOS Configuration Utility prior to running it. All BIOS Configuration Utility screens that display vari- ous menus are partitioned into fixed areas.
assigned logical SCSI bus and Target ID. The screen also can force a drive to a specific logical Target ID. Selecting Add WWN at an unused location clears out the associ- ated WWN/DID field and allows you to enter the first 16 characters of the WWN.
AMC-8100 5.3.5 Boot Adapter List Menu The Boot Adapter List menu specifies the order in which adapters boot when more than one host adapter is in a system. Up to four adapters in a system can be selected as bootable. Only one of the four bootable adapters can control a Boot Volume.
To exit from the Adapter Properties, Persistent ID, Device Proper- ties, Boot Adapter List, or Global Properties menus, use the fol- lowing exit options: Returns you to the previous menu. Cancel exit Implements any changes you made on Save changes then the previous menu and returns you to the exit this menu Main menu.
AMC-8100 Appears if none of the information in nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) is valid. This message is for information only, and can occur when the BIOS is upgraded, or when some external event has rendered the NVRAM temporarily unreadable. Found FC Controller not in following Boot Order List, to Add: Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Configuration Utility...
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The following example shows the kind of information that is dis- played when you enter this command. ok probe-scsi-all /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4 LiD HA LUN ---Port WWN--- ----Disk description---- 1 1 0 2100002037e4d65b SEAGATE ST318304FSUN18G 0726 /pci@8,700000/IntraServer-Ultra160,scsi@3,1 /pci@8,700000/IntraServer-Ultra160,scsi@3 Target 0 Unit 0 Disk IBM DDRS-34560D DC1B /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@2 MPT Version 1.00, Firmware Version 1.02.00 Target 0...
AMC-8100 If the FC devices on your IntraServer adapter are not identified by your system, check the following: Is the FC enclosure powered ON? Does the LED on the adapter indicate Link? (Note that Link is valid only after the device is probed.) Does the LED on the switch or remote enclosure indicate Link? Does the Link-SPEED parameter selected by the adapter...
/pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1,1/disk /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1,1/tape /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1/disk /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1/tape /pci@8,700000/scsi@6,1/tape /pci@8,700000/scsi@6,1/disk /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1 identifies the first FC interface on an LSIFC949X/ 949E-based adapter. /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1,1 identifies the second FC interface on an LSIFC949X/ 949E-based adapter. The above listing is an example. The show-devs output may vary depending on your system and configuration. Use the cor- responding entries on your system, not the ones given here.
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AMC-8100 select Command Use the select OpenBoot command to choose the adapter entry. This opens the port to bring the port online. ok select /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1 .properties Command Use the .properties command to show the adapter properties. ok .properties firmware-version 1.02.00 mpt-version 1.00 scsi-initiator-id00 00 00 0f...
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show-children Command While you have the host adapter or port selected, use the show-children command to display the devices currently con- nected to this adapter. First, select the port or adapter shown (use the port name your system assigns): ok select /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1 ok show-children MPT Version 1.00, Firmware Version 1.02.00 Link is ready, port is online...
AMC-8100 5.5.5 Interrupt Coalescing The LSI host adapters can complete multiple I/O requests per host interrupt. Interrupt coalescing is used to reduce CPU interrupts by pooling multiple disk command completions (I/O) into one inter- rupt. This feature may be enabled or disabled. LSI has performed significant testing under multiple I/O conditions, and has determined that interrupt coalescing can be very valuable for small transfer lengths or random, transaction-oriented I/O...
ok 100 8 set-interrupt-coalescing Interrupt coalescing timeout selected is 100 (256 decimal) microseconds Interrupt coalescing depth selected is 8 (8 decimal) Interrupt coalescing has been set Change will take effect after system reset The system must be power cycled before the changes take effect.
AMC-8100 ok a set-link-speed Link speed selected is autobaud Link speed has been set Change will take effect after system power cycle ok show-link-speed Link speed selected is autobaud Current link speed is 1 Gbaud The system must be power-cycled before the changes take effect.
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2. From the displayed list, select a device to mark persis- tent as shown below: 3. Type CTRL-Y to insert disk name in the command line as shown below: The OpenBoot BIOS (Fcode) provides help when you enter a command that does contain the proper arguments. In this case, OpenBoot responds with usage syntax.
AMC-8100 5.5.8 Manual Selection of FC Topology Under certain configurations, it may be desired to force the selec- tion of FC topology and disable the auto detect mechanism in the FC adapter. This can be done on a port-by-port basis by using the following procedure.
topology = 1 NL_Port topology = 2 N_Port topology = a auto ok 1 set-topology Topology selected is NL_Port Topology has been set Change will take effect after system power cycle ok 2 set-topology Topology selected is N_Port Topology has been set Change will take effect after system power cycle ok a set-topology Topology selected is auto...
AMC-8100 5.6.2 EFI BSD Overview The EFI BSD will scan for FC Hard disks connected to the FC host adapter. All discovered FC disks are appended to a master list of disks discovered on the host. Upon scan completion, and if boot from FC is enabled, the host will read each FC drive starting at bus 0, drive 0 and attempt to boot from the first FC device it finds with a boot record.
5.6.3 Starting the EFI Configuration Utility The LSI EFI BSD allows you to change the default configuration of your host adapters, using the embedded BIOS Configuration Util- ity (CU). Enter the CU by typing the drvcfg command on the EFI shell command line, or by pressing the ALT key when the EFI sys- tem is not at the command line.
AMC-8100 Connector Pin Assignments This chapter provides connector pin assignments for AMC-8100. This module is AMC.1 compliant and uses ports 4 through 11 as defined in the AMC.1 specification. Below are the specific ports that are used by the AMC-8100. All other pins match the AMC.0 specification.
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AMC-8100 Specifications This chapter contains the environmental and mechanical specifi- cations for the AMC-8100. 7.1 Environmental Specifications The atmospheric characteristics for the AMC-8100 are: Temperature range: 0 °C to 60 °C (dry bulb) Relative humidity range: 5% to 90% non-condensing Maximum dew point temperature: 32 °C The following parameters define the storage and transit environ- ment for the AMC-8100:...
7.3 EMC Compliance This product was tested in an EMC-compliant chassis and meets the requirements for EN55022 Class A equipment. Compliance was achieved under the following conditions: Conductive chassis rails connected to earth ground, provid- ing the path for connecting shields to earth ground Front panel screws properly tightened For minimum RF emissions, it is essential that the conditions above be implemented.
AMC-8100 Front Panel Indicators The faceplate of the AMC-8100 module has 3 LED indicators. The figure and table that below describe their functions. 4Gb SFP Connectors Module Activity (ACT) Hot Swap (HS) Out of Service (OOS) Port Activity LEDs Figure 8-1: AMC-8100 Front Panel Indicators Indicator Color State...
Indicator Color State Function Bright White On Loss of sync, no link Bright White Blinking: Fault 1 blink/sec Amber On 1G link Amber Blinking: Green 1G activity Port Activity LED 4 blinks/sec Amber (Tri-Color) Green On 2G link Blue Green Blinking: 2G activity 4 blinks/sec Blue On...
AMC-8100 IPMI Function List The AMC-8100 module employs a Module Management Control- ler (MMC) as specified in the AMC.0 R2.0 specification. The MMC provides an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) which will communicate with the AdvancedTCA and µTCA shelf managers. This MMC controls and monitors the following: Hot Swap communication with the shelf manager Inlet air temperature Voltage monitoring...
Board Information AMC-8100 Version Language Code EN (English) MFG date.time See Note 1 Manufacturer Name ADLINK Technology, Inc. Product Name AMC-8100 Product Serial Number 055YMsssslr (Note 2) Product Part / Model# AMC-8100 Table 9-2: Standard FRU Data Records Note 1: Manufacturing time is defined as 'minutes since 1/1/96' in the IPMI FRU spec.
AMC-8100 AMC Port Assignments The AMC-8100 connects to 8 ports on the AMC connector. These are defined by the AMC.1 specification for serial storage. The link type and link type extension are defined in the table below. AMC definition Resource Link Type Link Type 2 Extension...
9.2 Supported IPMI Commands The MMC communicates with the carrier controller through the local IPMB-L bus of the carrier and responds to all mandatory commands for AMC Module Management Controllers (as defined in the AMC Specification), as well as some optional ones. The table below lists all the commands supported by the MMC.
AMC-8100 Important Safety Instructions Please read and follow all instructions marked on the product and in the documentation before operating the system. Retain all safety and operating instructions for future use. Please read these safety instructions carefully. Please keep this User’s Manual for future reference. The equipment should be operated within the recom- mended operating temperature.
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Openings in the case are provided for ventilation. Do not block or cover these openings. Make sure there is adequate space around the system for ventilation when setting up the work area. Never insert objects of any kind into the ventila- tion openings.
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