SBE HighWire HW400c/2 User Manual

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HighWire HW400c/2 User Reference Guide Rev 1.0 
 
3.4.1 Switch Re
3.4.2 MV64462 S s
 
 the HW400c/2 can be accessed via the 
000 Mbps and is a 
rced from the Ethernet switch.  The 
the receiver signals on the 
stem controller, and vice-versa for a direct MAC-to-MAC connection. 
3.4.3 Front Panel (RJ-45) Ethernet Interface 
he HW400c/2 board
lded RJ-45 (with integrated transformer 
nd two
s) located at the front panel that provides an Ethernet LAN 
terface.  The port is auto-negotiating and auto-sensing, and operates at 10/100/1000 
bps.  The left LED (looking at the port) indicates Link/Activity/Speed and the right 
ED indicates collision detection (See Figure 12). 
The Link
  solid green when the network link is up; 
 Hz for 10 Mb/s Tx or Rx; 
•  blinking at 6 Hz for 100 Mb/s Tx or Rx; 
 
gisters Initialization and Monitoring 
The switch is initialized and its registers polled by utilizing its SPI bus interface.  
This interface is connected through the CPLD.  For a description of how to access the 
SPI interface, please refer to Section 4.4. 
 
y tem Controller Ethernet Interface
The Marvell MV64462 System Controller on
BCM5388 Ethernet switch.  The connection speed must be set to 1
MAC-to-MAC connection with the clock sou
transmitter signals from the switch are connected to 
sy
 
T
 includes a fully shie
a
in
 green LED
M
L
  
/Activity/Speed LED indication is as follows: 

•  blinking at 3
•  and blinking at 12 Hz for 1000 Mb/s Tx or Rx. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ethernet
Link/activit speed Collision 
y/
Figure 12. Front panel Ethernet RJ-45 LEDs 
 
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