Chapter 1: Introduction; Overview - GE C2K Hardware Reference Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction

The C2K* is a 6U PICMG 2.16 compatible Single Board Computer intended for both system con-

troller and peripheral slot applications. The board provides a CPU core, PICMG 2.16 compatible

backplane interface, and several peripheral devices/interfaces. The CPU core circuitry consists of

a Freescale MPC7448 or MPC7447A CPU operating at up to 1.4GHz, the Marvell

PCI controller, up to 1GB of 167MHz DDR system memory, up to 512MB of boot memory, and

general support logic. An expanded feature list is below.

• 6U PICMG 2.16 compatible Single Board Computer, with full hot-swap support per

PICMG 2.1.

• IPMI controller with IPMB0 serial interface, per PICMG 2.9. Peripheral and BMC func-

tions.

• 500MHz to 1.4GHz MPC7448 CPU, or 500MHz to 1.0GHz MPC7447A CPU with

Marvell MV64460 PCI Controller.

• Up to two 512MB banks of 167MHz DDR SDRAM, with ECC.

• PLX PCI 6254 PCI-to-PCI Interface for CPCI backplane.

• Two selectable 115kbps RS-232 or 2Mbps source-synchronous RS-422 ports available to

the backplane connectors.

• Six additional 460kbps source-synchronous RS-422/485 ports available to the backplane

connectors.

• Two 10/100/1000T Ethernet ports available to the backplane connector J3, wired per

PICMG 2.16.

• One 10/100/1000T Ethernet port available to the backplane J4.

• One 64-bit, PCI 33/66MHz or PCI-X 133MHz PMC site, with selectable +3.3V/+5.0V

VIO.

• One 64-bit PCI 33/66MHz PMC site with selectable +3.3V/+5.0V VIO.

• One bank of 64MB to 512MB Boot FEPROM with protected area feature.

• Three USB2.0 ports to the backplane connectors.

• One USB2.0 port to the front panel, on convection models.

• Thermal probe to monitor CPU die temperature and board ambient temperature.

• Sixteen 32-bit general-purpose counter/timers.

• Real Time Clock

• Two 1.5Gbps SATA 1.0 ports to the backplane.

• N-style and C-style versions.

C2K User's Guide

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