Specifications

1
Introduction to the update process
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Components supported by rfw-update
ATCAmodulestypicallyhaveanumberoffirmwareandsoftwarecomponentsthatcanbe
updated.ThesecomponentsareprogrammedintoflashdevicesorlogicdeviceslikeFPGAs
andCPLDs.Someofthedevicesactasredundantactive‐standbypairsthatareupdated oneat
atime.Otherdevicesaresingle,non‐redundantunits.Thedevicesinwhichsoftwareand
firmwarecomponentsarestoredareref erredtoas“banks“inthisdocument.
Table 1liststhecomponentsthatcanbeupdatedautomaticallybyrfw‐update.Components
withasecondbankcanstoreafall‐backimage.Thesecondbankisalsousedasastagingarea
forinstallingthenewimagewhilerunningtheoldimage.
Foralistofmanuallyupdatedcomponents,seeStep9:Updateremainingcomponentson
page 30.
a
For the ATCA-7220 PPM, the data flow mode selection is not preserved automatically. See the ATCA-7220 Packet
Processing Module Reference.
b
Use the Linux utility bioscli to save and restore the configuration for the ATCA-4300 and ATCA-4310. Use the bioscli2
utility to save and restore the configuration for the ATCA-4500, ATCA-4550, and ATCA-4555 CPMs. For more
information, see the Compute Processing Module Reference for the CPM.
c
The DPBs must be running on either U-Boot or Linux.
d
See Step 6: Update the AMC-7211 and AMC-7212 on page 25 for update instructions for the AMC-7211 and the AMC-
7212.
e
For the ATCA-4500, ATCA-4550 and ATCA-4555 CPM, not all components can be upgraded using rfw-update and rsys-
update. See Chapter 6, Board-level updates for the ATCA-45xx CPM and RTM, on page 46 for details.
Table 1. ATCA components supported by rfw-update
Applicable modules Component description
Number
of banks
Redundant/
Non-redundant
Configuration
saved
automatically?
ATCA-1200
ATCA-2210
ATCA-7220
ATCA-9100
Linux and U-Boot image 2 R Yes
a
ATCA-1200
ATCA-2210
ATCA-4300, ATCA-4310
ATCA-4500, ATCA-4550, ATCA-4555
ATCA-5010
ATCA-5014
ATCA-7220
ATCA-9100
IPMC FRU info 1 NR Yes
IPMC application 2 R N/A
IPMC boot block 1 R N/A
IPMC FPGA 1 R N/A
ATCA-4300, ATCA-4310
ATCA-4500, ATCA-4550, ATCA-4555
e
CPU BIOS 2 R No
b
CPU BIOS boot block 2 R No
b
ATCA-7220 DPB FPGA
c
1NR No
DPB boot flash
c
1NR N/A
SFP+ converter SEEPROM 1 NR N/A
AMC-7211
AMC-7212
d
Boot flash 1 NR N/A