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V/Ethernet 4221 Condor
User’s Guide
Document No. UG04221-000, REVB
Release date: July 1994
Copyright 1994
Interphase Corporation
All Rights Reserved
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Copyright Notice Copyright 1993, 1994 by Interphase Corporation All rights reserved No part of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or reproduced in any way, including, but not limited to photocopy, photograph, electronic, or mechanical, without prior written permission of: Interphase Corporation 13800 Senlac Dallas, Texas 75234 Phone: (214) 919-9000 FAX: (214) 919-9200 Disclaimer Information in this user document supercedes any preliminary specification, data sh
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For Assistance To place an order for an Interphase product, call: Sales Support: (214) 919-9000 For assistance using this, or any other Interphase product, call: Customer Service: (214) 919-9000 United Kingdom: +44-869-321222 To send in a board for repair or upgrade, call: RMA Coordinator: (214) 919-9000 Trademark Acknowledgments All terms used in this manual that are known to be trademarks or service marks are listed below. In addition, terms suspected of being trademarks have been approp
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Scope Of Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Command Response Block (CRB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Command Response Status Word (CRSW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Command Tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 IOPB Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MAC status/control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Intel 82596 Status/Control – Transmit Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Intel 82596 Status/Control – Receive Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 MAC returned information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Operating Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1. 4221 Condor Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 2-1. 10BaseT Condor Motherboard Layout (PB04221-000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2-2. Single Channel AUI or 10BaseT Motherboard Layout (PB004221-001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Figure 2-3. AUI Condor Motherboard Layout (PB04221-000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1. Condor Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Table 2-2. 4221 Condor LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Table 2-3. Board Status Diagnostics Used In POST Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Table 2-4. Run Mode LED Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 3-36. Report Network Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Table 3-37. Command Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Table 3-38. Network Statistics Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Table C-39. P1 Connector Signal Descriptions (All Versions). . . .
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Intended Audience Interphase wrote this manual for its customers. It is intended for a highly technical audience, specifically, users who need to write their own software drivers. Readers are assumed to have extensive knowledge of the following: The C programming language, including experience writing and installing interface software (drivers). The operating system of the host computer. Ethernet specifications. VME specifications. Scope Of Manual The manual orga
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Chapter 1 - Introduction Conventions This section details many of the writing conventions used throughout the manual. In addition, it gives many of the technical conventions. The V/Ethernet 4221 Condor will be referred to by the name Condor or referenced as the controller. Byte represents 8 bits; word represents 16 bits (2 bytes); and longword represents 32 bits (2 words, 4 bytes). Binary (single bit) data is represented as either 1 or 0. To represent hexadecimal numbers, the manual ado
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Options Options Interphase Corporation offers the following Condor options: Dual Channel Ethernet (AUI) Dual Channel Ethernet (10BaseT) 3 Channel Ethernet (AUI or 10BaseT) Quad Ethernet Channel (AUI or 10BaseT) Physical Description The Condor physically conforms to the 6U VMEbus board standard. The board requires the VMEbus +5 (+/- 5%) volt supply. The board supports two channels on the main board with the associated channel connectors and up to two channels on daughter card. The cable
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Chapter 1 - Introduction Ethernet Front End Channel (FEC) The 82596CA® Local Area Network (LAN) Co-processor is used as the FEC Ethernet controller. The 82596CA® communicates with the rest of the board through the LBUS. The 82596CA® has a 80486® type bus interface, which requires two PALs to convert the 80486® interface to meet the LBUS (MC68040_ type) specification. The 82596CA® can be a master or a slave of the LBUS. As a LBUS master, the 82596CA® accesses both data and command lists for both
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VMEbus Short I/O Interface VMEbus Short I/O Interface The VMEbus Short I/O interface allows for VMEbus host and onboard CPU communications. The host issues commands to the Condor through the Short I/O interface and the CPU issues status back to the host. The Short I/O Interface is a Slave-only interface to the Condor and contains two independent, jumper-configurable, slave-access areas. The areas can be configured to be 256, 512-, 1K- or 2K- bytes in length. VMEbus address lines A(15-08) and the
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Chapter 1 - Introduction interrupt handler outputs an interrupt vector number for the non-DMA engine interrupts or requests access to the LBUS for a DMA engine IACK cycles. CPU/LBUS Interface The CPU/LBUS Interface links the CPU core with the LBUS resources. The CPU/LBUS interface converts the CPU Core bus to the LBUS. The Interface is a one-way interface which allows the CPU to act as a LBUS master. The interface does not allow other LBUS masters to access the CPU Core. The CPU/LBUS interface i
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CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Overview Before attempting installation, read this chapter thoroughly to insure the safe installation of the Condor into your system. If you have any questions regarding installation, which are not answered in this chapter, please contact Interphase Customer Service at (214) 919-9111. The Condor is installed into the VMEbus system using the following steps: Visual Inspection Fuse And Diagnostic LEDs Set Onboard Jumpers Set Daughter Card Jumpers Power O
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Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation The daughter card installation procedure will vary depending on the desired configuration. Variables include: Single Channel AUI/10BaseT. Dual Ethernet AUI. Dual Ethernet 10BaseT. The following table summarizes the Condor products that are available from Interphase to implement various combinations of the above functions. Table 2-1. Condor Products Product Description 10BaseT Condor Motherboard (P2 Row B Only) Provides Dual and/or Single 10BaseT Ethernet
