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1.4 PS225 Card Variants
The PS225 card comes in the following three variants based on the amount of DDR memory:
PS225-H04 (4 GB DDR4, part number BCM958802A8024C/BCM958802A8044C)
PS225-H08 (8 GB DDR4, part number BCM958802A8028C/BCM958802A8048C)
PS225-H16 (16 GB DDR4, part number BCM958802A8021C)
The back of the card contains a sticker that indicates the board type. Figure 3 shows an example of the 4G card label on a preproduction adapter.
Figure 3: Example Label
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The following list of major steps must be completed to complete the setup of the PS225:
1. Install the PS225 card in a host machine (see Initial Board Setup and Connectivity ).
2. Obtain the documentation listed in Table 1 .
Table 1: List of Reference Documentation
Document name Document number Description
SmartNIC Configuration Guide
5880X-PS225-AN1Xx Application note for configuring OVS+DPDK on the
PS225.
BCM5880X High Performance Ethernet System on Chip
5880X-DS1Xx BCM5880X Data Sheet
BCM5880X Hardware Design Guide
BCM5880X SmartNIC Solution
PS225 SmartNIC Adapters Dual-Port 25 Gb/s PCI
Express
5880X-DG1Xx
5880X-UG3Xx
Hardware design guide
BCM5880X SmartNIC solution
5880X-PS225-DS1Xx PS225 Advanced Data Sheet
3. Install the latest binary/image package for the PS225. Upgrade if the PS225 card received has an old image.
NOTE:
To check the image version information, refer to docSAFE (the Broadcom documentation portal) to download the binary package required for the specific card type.
Package name format : NXS_SN-<release type>_<release version>_<card type>_bin.tar.gz
Example: NXS_SN-BM-Beta_1.1.8.0_H08GB_bin.tar
4. Become familiar with the following PS225 basic information:
– PS225 software version:
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On PS225 Stingray (MAIA) console: root@bcm958802a8048c:~# uname -a
Linux bcm958802a8048c 4.14.79+g5bb1623 #1 SMP Tue Nov 27 01:48:50 UTC 2018 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
– PS225 board/card type (8 GB, 4 GB, 16 GB):
On PS225 Stingray (MAIA) console: root@bcm958802a8048c:~# hostname bcm958802a8048c
NOTE:
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Supported Nitro profile configurations in the PS225 released image package are as follows: stingray_4p.pkg
stingray_2p.pkg
stingray_1p.pkg
BCM958802A8048C.pkg
bcm958802a8048_8+8_pf_rdma.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2xAN.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2xAN_8+5_pf_rep.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2xAN_8+4_pf_rep.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2xAN_8+4_pf.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2xAN_8+3_pf.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2xAN_8+2_baremetal.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x25g.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x25g_8+5_pf_rep.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x25g_8+4_pf_rep.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x25g_8+4_pf.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x25g_8+3_pf.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x25g_8+2_baremetal.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x10g.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x10g_8+5_pf_rep.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x10g_8+4_pf_rep.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x10g_8+4_pf.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x10g_8+3_pf.pkg
bcm958802a8048_2x10g_8+2_baremetal.pkg
bcm958802a8048_1xAN.pkg
bcm958802a8048_1x25g.pkg
bcm958802a8048_1x10g.pkg
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