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Figure 10-2, Spi busses connection, Firmware upgrade – Artesyn ATCA 7370 / ATCA 7370-S Installation and Use (January 2015) User Manual

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Payload always has access to the active boot bank and the IPMC always has access to the
inactive boot bank. All HPM.1 commands are directed to the inactive boot bank (this includes
"get component properties"). The following figure shows the connection of the SPI busses
which are switched with "Set System Boot Options" -> Boot Bank (parameter 0x96). Description
is found in the

System Boot Options Parameter #96

on page 188

.

Both BIOS and FPGA upgrade may last from fifteen minutes up to two hours. The time varies
with the selected programming interface. A power cycle is required after the BIOS/FPGA
update.

Figure 10-2 SPI Busses Connection