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BMVME5100 VPD Reference
Information
Vital Product Data (VPD) Introduction
Vital Product Data (VPD) consists of data items th at are pertinent to board
configuration and operation. This appendix includes information on how
to perform various tasks to read, modify and correct Vital Product Data, as
well as general format and content informati on for this product. For more
detailed instructions, refer to the PPCBug Firmware User’s Manual, as
referenced in the Motorola Computer Group Documents section of
Appendix A of this manual. Information that is contained in the VPD
includes:
❏Marketing Product Number (e.g., MVME5100-013x)
❏Factory Assembly Number (e.g., 01-W3403F01)
❏Serial number of the specific MVME5100
❏Processor family number (e.g., 750, 7410, etc.)
❏Hardware clock frequencies (internal, external, fixed, PCI bus)
❏Component configuration information (connectors, Ethernet
addresses, FLASH bank ID, L2 cache ID)
❏Security information (VPD type, version and rev. data, 32-bit crc
protection)
❏Base address information for various components
❏Direct Memory Addresses
❏Interrupt resources
How to Read the VPD Information
There are several ways to read VPD informatio n:
❏Version command - ver