HP Hewlett Packard Network Card Advance e720 User Manual

Advance e720 Accelerator  
Card  
User Guide  
HP BladeSystem c-Class Type II  
Mezzanine Card  
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Preface  
Preface  
The guide describes the features of the AdvanceTM e720 accelerator card and gives you  
information on diagnostics, troubleshooting, and updating the firmware.  
This guide also assumes that you have experience configuring Microsoft Windows XP, Red  
Hat® Enterprise Linux, or SUSE® Linux.  
Accessing documentation online  
You can view or download the documentation related to the Advance e720 accelerator  
board and associated software at:  
Contacting technical support  
If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this  
documentation, check the solutions knowledgebase or contact ClearSpeed support at:  
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Before you start  
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Before you start  
This chapter gives you an outline on what to do before you install your Advance e720  
accelerator board. We recommend that you read the steps outlined in Figure 1.  
Check your computer  
meets requirements  
for installation  
See Hardware Prerequisites  
on page 5  
Step 1  
You may need to refer to them to help you to  
:
Make sure you have  
a copy of the system  
manufacturer’s  
*
*
open the unit  
Step 2  
Step 3  
identify an available HP BladeSystem  
c-Class Type II mezzanine connector  
(Type II Mezzanine)  
instructions  
Download the driver  
software  
See How to get the driver  
software on page 6  
Make sure you read  
the procedures to  
follow when handling  
the card  
See Card Installation  
on page 6  
Step 4  
Step 5  
Check your card  
fits the site before  
you attempt to  
install it  
Refer to your manufacturer’s Installation  
Guide.  
Please refer to the Bibliography for further details.  
Figure 1. Guidelines to follow before you install  
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Before you start  
1.1  
Hardware prerequisites  
To install the Advance e720 accelerator board, you will need;  
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an HP BladeSystem c-Class server or equivalent comprising of a 64-bit Intel or AMD  
x86 processor (or compatible).  
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An available Type II mezzanine connection. See manufacturers instructions; [1] on  
1.2  
How to get the driver software  
Before you can use the Advance e720 accelerator board, you must install the runtime  
package and the driver software. The latest versions of the software and software  
installation instructions can be found on the ClearSpeed support website:  
This website also provides the latest list of supported operating systems.  
1.3  
Card installation  
The ClearSpeed Advance e720 Accelerator card is a Type II Mezzanine card. The type  
determines where it can be installed in the server blade. Refer to your manufacturer's  
detailed installation instructions to identify and install the Advance e720 Type II card (refer  
(1)  
Caution:  
It is very important when inserting the card to observe the following  
:
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z
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Always follow the precautions for handling electrostatic sensitive devices by using the  
antistatic wrist strap provided.  
Always follow the instructions provided by your system manufacturer when installing  
new hardware.  
Do not use excessive force when inserting the Advance e720 accelerator board into  
the mezzanine connector as this can damage the motherboard.  
1. Please refer to the HP Blade Server User Guide for HP specifc control processes.  
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Features and general description  
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Features and general description  
The Advance e720 accelerator card (shown in Figure 2) is based on the CSX700  
double-precision, floating-point accelerator. It is designed for use in HP blade servers and  
systems that provide Type II mezzanine compatible connectors.  
Figure 2. Advance CSX700 mezzanine card.  
The Advance e720 accelerator card uses a single CSX700 processor. The processor  
implements the PCI Express host interface, permitting high data transfer rates directly with  
the processor. To manage the e720, an FPGA device is used. The firmware represents the  
FPGA design image and can be upgraded, as described in the [5], Firmware Update  
Release Notes.  
The Advance e720 accelerator card uses dual channel bus-mastering DMA to achieve a  
high peak bandwidth to the host system. Each card has 2 GBytes of local card memory with  
error correction. It includes onboard temperature monitoring of the processor and board.  
The Advance e720 accelerator card features the CSX700 data-parallel floating-point  
coprocessor. The processor is energy efficient providing 3.84 GFLOPS per watt  
(96 GFLOPS/25 watts). Each processor consists of two computation arrays, each are fully  
interconnected through a common address map, including access to the 1 GByte of local  
DDR2 SDRAM attached to each array, giving a total of 2 GBytes for the card. The DRAM is  
72 bits wide, including 8 bits of error correcting code (ECC). This allows correction of  
single-bit errors and detection of multiple-bit errors.  
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Features and general description  
2.1  
Firmware  
Board level management is implemented in an FPGA. At power-on, the FPGA logic  
configuration is loaded from a flash memory device. The contents of the flash device can be  
re-programmed to upgrade functionality or performance using a software utility supplied by  
ClearSpeed. This utility runs on the host system and reprograms the flash device through  
the Advance e720 accelerator card’s register space.  
For more detailed information, see [4]: Firmware Installation Guide.  
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Troubleshooting - general guidelines  
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Troubleshooting - general guidelines  
If you encounter an error when using the Advance e720 accelerator board, you need to  
isolate the cause of the problem.  
When installing multiple cards and software in a system, install each in turn and restart the  
system each time. Similarly, if you have already installed the Advance e720 accelerator  
board and software and you experience problems, remove or uninstall each in turn to  
establish which one is causing the problem.  
3.1  
Solving the problem  
3.1.1  
Finding the cause of the problem  
To find out what is causing the problem, we recommend that you check the following:  
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Check your Advance e720 accelerator board is installed correctly. See the relevent HP  
(1)  
Blade Server User Guide  
.
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Check you installed the drivers correctly.  
Whenever you fix a problem and reboot, run the tests again.  
3.1.2  
Contacting ClearSpeed Support  
If none of the above helps solve your problem, refer to the ClearSpeed solutions  
knowledgebase or you can report your problem by submitting an online report via the  
ClearSpeed support website at:  
1. You may use the Hewlett Packard BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator software, or the BladeServer’s  
Lights Out remote management feature, to confirm installation of the ClearSpeed e720 Mezzanine Card. Refer  
to the HP Onboard Administrator or HP iLO2 documentation for full details.  
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Specifications  
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Specifications  
This chapter lists the specifications for the Advance e720 accelerator board.  
4.1  
PCI configuration space  
Table 1 shows the register values for the Type 00h PCI configuration space header.  
Vendor ID =  
Device ID =  
0x1942  
0xE711  
Classcode ID = 0x0B4000 (Co-processor)  
Subsystem Vendor ID =  
0x1942  
0xE731  
Subsystem ID =  
Table 1. Register values for PCI configuration space  
4.2  
4.3  
Mechanical  
The Advance e720 accelerator board is compliant with with PCI Express Specification  
Revision (1.1) and the HP BladeSystem c-Class Mezzanine card Common Specification.  
The Advance e720 is a Type II mezzanine card format.  
Electrical  
The power requirements for the Advance e720 accelerator board are outlined in Table 2.  
Feature  
Specification  
0.5A @ 3.3 V  
2.1A @ 12 V  
Current  
Maximum power consumption  
Thermal design power  
25W (25W dissipation is application dependant)  
25W  
Table 2. Power requirements  
4.4  
Thermal  
To keep the CSX700 cool, the Advance e720 accelerator card is fitted with a passive  
heatsink. The passive heatsink is an aluminium finned radiator that dissipates heat through  
convection. For the passive heatsinks to work, they require airflow moving across the fins.  
To ensure that the Advance e720 accelerator board is operating within the published limits,  
the BladeSystem’s ambient operating temperature should be as specified in Table 3.  
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Specifications  
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Condition  
Operating specification  
Storage specification  
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o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Temperature  
10 C to 35 C (50 F to 95 F)  
10 to 90% noncondensing  
-10 C to 70 C (14 F to 158 F)  
up to 90% noncondensing  
Relative humidity  
Table 3. Specifications for ambient conditions  
4.4.1  
Temperature monitoring  
The CSX700 and the FPGA contain on-die temperature-sensing diodes which are  
connected to temperature-monitoring devices. Each device measures the remote  
temperature (temperature of the measured die) and the local temperature (temperature of  
the monitor chip itself). The temperature monitors signal warnings if the temperatures rise  
above the thresholds shown in Table 4.  
Temperature thresholds  
Measurement  
Alert  
Critical  
o
o
Local temperatures  
85 C (185 F)  
N/A  
o
o
o
o
Remote (die) temperatures  
90 C (194 F)  
110 C (230 F)  
Table 4. Temperature warning thresholds  
There are two warnings:  
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Temperature alert. This provides an indication to the driver software that the device is  
becoming hot.  
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Critical temperature. This turns off the device before it gets hot enough to cause  
permanent damage.  
4.4.2  
Temperature shutdown  
When the CSX700 reaches a critical temperature it is immediately held in reset so that it can  
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cool and avoid being damaged. When the CSX700 has cooled by more than 25 C from the  
critical threshold, it is brought out of reset.  
Following a critical temperature reset your blade server may require a reboot to reconnect to  
the ClearSpeed e720.  
4.5  
Patents  
This product is protected by US Patent 7346722 and 7363472; UK patents 2341770,  
2348980, 2348984, 2348974, 2348973, 2348971, 2391093, 2394815 and 2390506, or  
international equivalents. Other patents pending.  
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Bibliography  
Bibliography  
[1] HP BladeSystem c-Class Mezzanine Card Installation Instructions  
(HP Part Number 413773), for example:  
ual/c00700793/c00700793.pdf  
[2] Software Installation Instructions for Linux  
Document Numbers: 06-UG-1328  
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[3] Software Installation Instructions for Windows XP  
Document Numbers: 06-UG-1329  
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[4] Firmware Installation Guide  
Document Number: 02-XX-1510  
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