CN81xx Evaluation-board SFF

Specs

• 3 mini PCIe slots

• 4 SATA ports

• one USB3.0 A connector

• 20Pin JTAG

• 4 Gigabit Ethernet

• 2 SFP+ connectors

• PCIe x4 slot

• UART over USB

• eMMC Flash or MicroSD card slot for on-board storage

• 1 Slot with DDR-4 memory with ECC support

• SPI flash

• MMC and uSD-card

Flashing coreboot

Type	Value
Socketed flash	no
Model	Micron 25Q128A
Size	8 MiB
In circuit flashing	no
Package	SOIC-8
Write protection	No
Dual BIOS feature	No
Internal flashing	?

Notes about the hardware

1. Cavium connected GPIO10 to a global reset line. It’s unclear which chips are connected, but at least the PHY and SATA chips are connected.

2. The 4 QLMs can be configured using DIP switches (SW1). That means only a subset of of the available connectors is working at time.

3. The boot source can be configure using DIP switches (SW1).

4. The core and system clock frequency can be configured using DIP switches (SW3 / SW2).

5. The JTAG follows Cavium’s own protocol. Support for it is missing in OpenOCD. You have to use ARMs official hardware and software.

Technology

SoC	Cavium CN81xx documentation
CPU	Cavium ARMv8-Quadcore CN81XX

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