Kontron PMC240 - Manual (Page 35)

PMC240 Functional Description
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2. Functional Description
The following chapters present more detailed, board level information about the PMC240 Dual
Channel Gigabit Ethernet Controller whereby the board components and their basic
functionality are discussed in general.
2.1 General Information
The PMC240 is comprised basically of the following:
• Signal conditioning: either (depends on the variant)
• Galvanic isolation for CAT5 UTP cabling, or
• Full duplex transceiver for fiber optic links
• Gigabit Ethernet controller
• Dual or single channel controller
• Integrated (on single chip):
• PCI / PCI-X interface
• MAC
• Gigabit PHY
• SERDES
• System interfaces for:
• Up to two Gigabit Ethernet channels
• One RJ45, 8-contact, female connector per channel for CAT5 UTP cabling
(CON1 and CON5 if populated)
• One SC-type fiber optic transceiver connector per channel for fiber optic linking
(CON6 and CON7 if populated)
• PCI / PCI-X compliant bus
• Three 64-contact, male, CMC / PMC compliant connectors
(CON2, CON3, CON4)
• Interfacing direct with CPU or PMC carrier board
• On board memory:
• Configuration EEPROM
• Up to 512 kB soldered Flash memory (optional)
• Monitor and Control
• Depending on variant, up to two sets of four green operational status LED’s for moni-
toring of link status, operational mode (link speed), and channel activity
• Software
• Windows® driver from Intel®
• Linux®
• VxWorks®
2.1.1 Signal Conditioning
Signal conditioning is a function of the type of network being serviced by the individual PMC240
channel. Copper cabling networks are provided with galvanic isolation whereas fiber optic links
are interfaced using SC-type fiber optic connectors with integrated transceivers for full duplex
operation.