Technical information

Part No. T0289, Rev A
August, 2008
Bootprom and Coldloader Matrix Upgrade Page 40 of 97
Note
Vanguard 342 platform:
1) The Vanguard 342 uses 32Mbyte DRAM. If the DRAM DIMM's vendor is
Viking (Viking Part Number VI8GU083236BTB) 2.31 boot code must be used.
2) Boot code 2.1 was released with 6.2.
3) Boot code 2.1.1 was based on 2.1 and is compatible with the old released
software. It contains the watchdog FER changes. Boot code 2.1.1 was released
with 6.2.S100.
4) Boot code 2.20 (which is not mentioned in the above matrix) is the same as 2.1.1
except for the version string.
5) Boot code 2.30 is released with 6.3.R00A. It is based on 2.1.1. The ECC card is
supported by the Boot code 2.30 and release 6.3.R00A or later.
6) Coldloader in 6.3.R00A or later was improved by adding valid flash address
checking
11 6.3 or
later
32M from
Micron
2.1 6.3 or
later
8M 8M or
none
Valid 128k CMEM, 8M image
maximum. ECC not
supported
12 6.3 or
later
32M from
Micron
2.30 6.2 8M 8M or
none
Valid 128k CMEM, 8M image
maximum
13 6.3 or
later
32M from
Micron
2.30 6.3 or
later
8M 8M or
none
Valid 128k CMEM, 8M image
maximum
14 6.3 or
later
32M from
Micron
2.31 6.2 8M 8M or
none
Valid 128k CMEM, 8M image
maximum
15 6.3 or
later
32M from
Micron
2.31 6.3 or
later
8M 8M or
none
VR 128k CMEM, 8M image
maximum
16 6.3 or
later
32M from
Viking
2.1 to
2.30
6.2 or
later
8M 8M or
none
Invalid Viking 32M DRAM
DIMM works only with
2.31 bootcode
17 6.3 or
later
32M from
Viking
2.31 6.2 8M 8M or
none
Valid Viking 32M DRAM
DIMM works only with
2.31 bootcode
18 6.3 or
later
32M from
Viking
2.31 6.3 or
later
8M 8M or
none
VR Viking 32M DRAM
DIMM works only with
2.31 bootcode
Vanguard 342 Bootprom, Coldloader, Image, ECC and FLASH SIMM Matrix
No. Rel.
DRAM
DIMM
Boot
Code
Version
Cold-
loader
from
Release
On-
Board
Flash
Physi
cal
Flash
SIMM
Status Comment