1. Design of an AdvancedTCA board Management Controller Solution
xTCA interest group meeting
CERN EP-ESE-BE
Vincent Bobillier, Stefan Haas, Markus Joos, Julian Mendez, Sylvain Mico and Francois Vasey
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

2. ATCA standard: Hardware Platform Management
Role of the Intelligent Controller for AdvancedTCA blades:
Monitoring sensors
Voltages, temperatures …
Controlling the system
Power management, port/clock activation …
Ensuring proper operations
Compatibility between the different boards, hot swap, redundancy …
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

3. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Outline
Pigeon Point IPMC
CERN IPMC specifications
Development
Status and next steps
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

4. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Pigeon Point IPMC
Overview
Part of the Pentair group
Provide solutions for the Hardware Platform Management modules:
Module Management Controller (MMC)
Intelligent Platform Management Controller (IPMC)
Shelf Manager (ShMM)
Pigeon Point shelf manager is used by almost all of the shelf manufacturers
A license for the IPMC solution was acquired by CERN EP-ESE-BE. It includes:
Documentation
Development tools
Hardware, firmware and software reference designs
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

5. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Pigeon Point IPMC
IPMC solution is based on the Smart Fusion A2F200/500 FPGA
ARM Cortex-M3
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

6. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Pigeon Point IPMC
IPMC solution is based on the Smart Fusion A2F200/500 FPGA
ARM Cortex-M3
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

7. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Pigeon Point IPMC
Specifications
Supports the following features:
ATCA and AMC management (up to 10)
Hot swap
FRU/SDR info
Sensor monitoring
Event management
IPMI over Ethernet (HPM.2 and HPM.3)
RTM and intelligent-RTM
Remote upgrade via the IPMB bus (HPM.1)
UART interface for SOL and debug
User I/Os and ADCs
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

8. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Pigeon Point IPMC
Evaluation
Pigeon solution was evaluated in 2015 using:
The starter kit IPMC mezzanine card
An Adapter card (CERN) to use the mezzanine with existing ATCA blade
Evaluation outcomes:
Standard compliance (Polaris tester)
Management of the AdvancedTCA blade
Management of up to 4 AMCs
E-Keying and Clock configuration
OEM commands
Non-intelligent RTM
Ethernet interface
Remote upgrade (HPM.1)
Pigeon Point IPMC mezzanine
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

9. Functional bloc diagram
CERN IPMC specifications
Functional bloc diagram
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

10. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
CERN IPMC specifications
Form factor
Vertical format to save place on ATCA blades
Maximum component height (ATCA standard): 21.33mm
Connector height: 3mm
IPMC height: 18.3mm
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

11. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Development
FPGA selection
A2F200 FPGA was selected
CS288 package:
Dimensions: 11x11mm
Ball pitch: 0.5mm
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

12. Design of the first prototype
Development
Design of the first prototype
0.200mm
0.127mm
0.177mm
Manufacturing issues with buried and blind vias resulting in a low yield and high cost
0.670mm
0.177mm
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

13. Design of the second prototype
Development
Design of the second prototype
PCB layout modified to reduce cost and increase yield/reliability
Buried and blind vias were replaced by thru-hole vias
Trace/clearance sizes were reduced in accordance with manufacturer rules
0.150mm
0.998mm
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

14. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Development
FPGA Firmware
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

15. Software architecture
Development
Software architecture
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

16. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Development
Tests results
Standard compliance
Polaris tester
Management of the ATCA blade
ATCA management (hotswap, power sequences …)
IPMB buses (IPMB-A / IPMB-B)
SDR/FRU information
Sensor monitoring (implementation, events …)
RTMs
Management of up to 4 AMCs
IPMB bus (IPMB-L)
AMC management (hotswap, power sequences …)
Sensor monitoring (detection, events …)
Additional features
Ethernet interface (RMCP)
Remote upgrade using HPM.1 (IPMI commands)
OEM commands (user specific)
JTAG master
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

17. Development status and next steps
Summary
Development status and next steps
Status
Hardware is ready for production
We are interested in collaborating with early users (beta tests)
Few IPMCs already available for evaluation
Next steps
Test the remaining features.
RTM
JTAG Master
Launch production.
Setup the development environment for the users.
Develop a test bench for IPMC.
Provid user guide.
The CERN IPMC kit, including the Pigeon Point license, will be available for use early 2017 – Q1/Q2 (price estimation: 200 CHF).
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez

18. xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez
Thank you
29/09/2016
xTCA IG meeting - TWEPP 16 - J. Mendez