Specifications

Configuring the front or rear Ethernet ports

FrontorrearEthernetportsareconfiguredintheBIOSsettings.Thedefaultconfiguration

istousethefrontpanelEthernetports,buttheCPMcanbeconfiguredtoredirectthe

frontEthernettotherearRTMEthernetports.

ThedefaultconfigurationcanbeoverriddenintheBIOSsetupmenubyselecting:

Advanced>Front/RearEthernet

SelectthismenuiteminBIOSsetuptoreturntothedefaultconfiguration:

Advanced>EEPROMSetting

EitherEEPROMSetting,Front/Copper,Rear/SerDes,orRear/SGMIIcanbeselected.See

Table 22forportconfigurationdetails.

BIOSsettingscanalsobeconfiguredwithoutaccessingBIOSsetupbyusingthebioscli2

Linux‐basedcommand‐lineutility.TheutilityisprovidedasaninstallableRPMfilelocated

inthePromentumsoftwareATCA‐45xx

packagesfolder.SeeBIOSCLI2commandson

page 167formoreinformation.

Extensible firmware interface (EFI) shell

TheBIOSsupportsanEFIshellthatallowstheexecutionofEFIcommands,scripts,or

applicationsbeforetheOSboots.

TheEFIshellcanbeaccessedinoneoftheseways:

•MaketheEFIshellthefirstpriorityintheBIOSbootpriorityoptions.Eachsubsequent

CPMrebootgoestothe

EFIshell.

• OverridetheconfiguredbootprioritiesandimmediatelyboottotheEFIshellby

selectingthisBIOSmenuitem:

Save&Exit>Built‐inEFIShell

Note:AkeymustbepressedtoentertheEFIshell.Ifnokeyispressedwithin10seconds

theshellwillterminateandthebootprocesswillproceed.

FormoreEFIshellinformation,visithttp://www.tianocore.organdreviewtheEFIShell

User’sGuideandtheShellCommandReferenceManual.TheCPM

BIOSincludesthesetof

commandsdefinedinthedefaultbuildshell.

Table 22. Ethernet port configurations

Setting Configuration

EEPROM Setting Link direction and mode depends on EEPROM configuration

Front/Copper Link route to front panel, copper mode

Rear/SerDes Link route to RTM, SerDes mode

Rear/SGMII Link route to RTM, SGMII mode