Motorola MVME6100 manual Getting Started, Hardware Preparation and Installation

Chapter 1 Hardware Preparation and Installation

Note For maximum VMEbus performance, the MVME6100 should be mounted in a VME64x compatible backplane (5-row). 2eSST transfers are not supported when a 3-row backplane is used.

The MVME6100 supports multiple modes of I/O operation. By default, the board is configured for Ethernet port 2 to the front panel (non-specific transition module), and PMC slot 1 in IPMC mode. The board can be configured to route Ethernet port 2 to P2 and support MVME712M or MVME761 transition modules. The front/rear Ethernet and transition module options are configured by jumper block J30.

Selection of PMC slot 1 in PMC or IPMC mode is done by the jumper blocks J10, J15-J18, and J25-J28 (see Table 1-2 on page 5). IPMC mode is selected when an IPMC712 or IPMC761 module is used. If an IPMC is used, J30 should be configured for the appropriate transition module (see J30 configuration options as illustrated in Front/Rear Ethernet and Transition Module Options Header (J30) on page 8).

The IPMC712 and IPMC761 use AD11 as the IDSEL line for the Winbond PCI-ISA bridge device. This device supplies the four serial and one parallel port of the IPMC7xx module. The Discovery II PHB (MV64360) does not recognize address lines below AD16. For this reason, although an IPMC7xx module may be used on an MVME6100, the serial and parallel ports are not available, nor addressable. This issue will be resolved by MCG at a later date.

Note Other functions, such as Ethernet and SCSI interfaces, are function independent of the Winbond IDSEL line. The wide SCSI interface can only be supported through IPMC connector J3.

PMC mode is backwards compatible with the MVME5100 and MVME5500 and is accomplished by configuring the on-board jumpers.

Getting Started

This section provides an overview of the steps necessary to install and power up the MVME6100 and a brief section on unpacking and ESD precautions.

2MVME6100 Installation and Use (V6100A/IH2)