Revision History - 4.0 English - PG348

Alveo Card Management Solution Subsystem Product Guide (PG348)
Document ID
PG348
Release Date
2024-11-13
Version
4.0 English

The following table shows the revision history for this document.

Section Revision Summary
11/13/2024 Version 4.0
General Updates Added support for U280 and UL3422
05/30/2024 Version 4.0
General Updates Support for U280 is deprecated.
11/10/2023 Version 4.0
General Updates Added support for UL3524 and U45N
05/17/2023 Version 4.0
Overview Updated
12/01/2022 Version 4.0
General Updates
  • Updated the following graphics: CMS Subsystem Typical Configuration, Card Management Solution Subsystem Block Diagram, and CMS Subsystem IP Symbol.
  • Updated I/O Signal Description.
  • Updated minor technical details across the document.
04/29/2022 Version 4.0
Overview Updated SC firmware compatibility table for the 2022.1 release.
Card Power Calculations Added topic.
Network Plug-in Module Management Added table defining CMS IP plug-in module support per Alveo card.
Register Space Updated the definition of bits 25:20.
Example Design AXI Quad SPI block to example design diagram.
12/17/2021 Version 4.0
General
  • Added support for U55, SN1000, and X3 Alveo cards.
  • QSFP Management section renamed Network Plug-in Management with worked examples provided for DSFP and SFP+ modules.
  • All references to Satellite Controller part MSP432 replaced with 'Satellite Controller'.
Overview Updated SC firmware compatibility table for the 2022.1 release.
Sensor Monitoring Added table defining supported sensors per Alveo card.
Satellite Controller Firmware Update Renamed functions to be Satellite Controller device agnostic.
  • Function CMS_OP_MSP432_FW_ERASE (0x05) renamed CMS_OP_SC_FW_ERASE (0x05).
  • Function CMS_OP_MSP432_FW_SEC (0x1) renamed CMS_OP_SC_FW_SEC (0x1).
  • CMS_OP_MSP432_FW_DATA (0x02) renamed CMS_OP_SC_FW_DATA (0x02).
  • Function CMS_OP_MSP432_JUMP (0x03) renamed CMS_OP_SC_FW_REBOOT (0x03).
Network Plug-in Module Management Renamed functions to be network plug-in module agnostic and added worked examples for DSFP/SFP+ modules.
  • Function CMS_OP_READ_QSFP_LOW_SPEED_IO (0xD) renamed CMS_OP_READ_MODULE_LOW_SPEED_IO (0x0D).
  • Function CMS_OP_WRITE_QSFP_LOW_SPEED_IO (0xE) renamed CMS_OP_WRITE_MODULE_LOW_SPEED_IO (0x0E).
  • Function CMS_OP_BLOCK_READ_QSFP_DIAGNOSTICS (0xB) renamed CMS_OP_BLOCK_READ_MODULE_I2C (0xB).
  • Function CMS_OP_BYTE_READ_QSFP_DIAGNOSTICS (0xF) renamed CMS_OP_BYTE_READ_MODULE_I2C (0xF).
  • Function CMS_OP_BYTE_WRITE_QSFP_CONTROL (0x10) renamed CMS_OP_BYTE_WRITE_MODULE_I2C (0x10).
U45N SoC Management Added new section defining mailbox commands for SoC management on SN1000 Alveo Cards.
Register Space Updated FW_VERSION_REG to list firmware version per card for 2022.1 release.

Added new sensors.

Added SC Comms version to STATUS_REG.

Added error codes to ERROR_REG.
11/23/2021 Version 4.0
Overview Updated SC firmware compatibility table for the 2021.2 release.
Register Space Updated FW_VERSION_REG
General Updates
  • Firmware update
  • Fix robustness issues with satellite controller communications interface.
06/28/2021 Version 4.0
Introduction Added Alveo U50 card to support list.
Overview Updated the firmware compatibility table.
Changes from v3.0 to v4.0 Deprecated mailbox function CMS_OP_BLOCK_WRITE_QSFP_CONTROL (0xC).

Added mailbox functions CMS_OP_BYTE_READ_QSFP_DIAGNOSTICS (0xF) and CMS_OP_BYTE_WRITE_QSFP_CONTROL (0x10).
Register Space Updated FW_VERSION_REG to 0x0C01080B.

Updated CONTROL_REG bit definitions.

Deprecated MAC address reporting in REG_MAP.
Constraining the Subsystem Added U50 I/O Constraints.
06/28/2021 Version 3.0
Introduction Moved Navigating Content by Design Process, Applications and Licensing and Ordering subsections to Chapter 1 from Chapter 2.
Overview Fixed errors in Mailbox message definitions. Expanded detail on Mailbox Interface usage and Mailbox features including worked examples.
11/24/2020 Version 3.0
Introduction
  • Updated the list of supported Alveo cards to include U50 and next-generation.
  • Added a list of card management features supported through mailbox interface.
Features
  • Added list of card management features supported through mailbox interface.
  • Removed voltage monitoring, current monitoring, temperature monitoring, fan speed monitoring, and power monitoring from features list.
IP Facts
  • Updated the list of supported Alveo cards to include U50 and next-generation.
Table Added table.
Figure 1 Moved figure from the introduction and revised it to include next-generation cards.
Sensor Monitoring Added section.
Mailbox Interface Added sub-sections for supported features.
Card Information Reporting Added section.
Satellite Controller Firmware Update Added section.
QSFP Management Added section.
Figure 1 Revised figure.
Register Space Updated and added register descriptions.
Alveo Card U55 I/O Constraints Updated section.
08/24/2020 Version 3.0
General Updates
  • Firmware update
  • Control Register update for Clock Scaling and HBM Support (bits 28:27)
  • Removed references to DRIVE 4 from Satellite GPIO constraints
06/03/2020 Version 3.0
General Updates
  • Moved to 'Core Firmware'
  • Fixed issues in 2019.2 Letter of Limitations
10/30/2019 Version 2.0
Example Design Added Example Design
Test Bench Added Test Bench information
05/22/2019 Version 1.0
Initial release. N/A