3.1 PS225 Connector Locations. Broadcom Stingray PS225

PS225

User Guide

3 Initial Board Setup and Connectivity

This section describes the initial board setup and connectivity.

Quick Start Guide

3.1 PS225 Connector Locations

There are two SFP28 ports and a UART console port for the ARM CPU subsystem located on the I/O panel of the board

(see Figure 4 ).

Figure 4: PS225 Connector Locations

ARM A72

UART Console

Port 0 Port 1

NOTE:

Confidential and can be accessed using a widely available USB-to-TTL cable of type TTL-232R-3V3-AJ (based on FTDI chip).

3.2 Installing the PS225

To install the PS225:

1. Power down the host system and remove the AC power.

2. Insert the PS225 card into a PCIe 3.0 slot (at least x8 size) in the host system.

3. Connect one end of the SFP cable to port 0 or port 1 on the PS225 (see Figure 5 ). Broadcom

Figure 5 ).

NOTE:

Both Ethernet ports must be connected to link partners operating at the same speed: either both 25GbE or both

10GbE. The ports do not support mixing 25GbE and 10GbE links.

5. Optionally: a. Connect the other port of the PS225 card to an Ethernet switch (see Figure 5 ).

b. Insert the 3.5 mm plug of a USB serial cable to the 3.5 mm socket on the front panel (see Figure 5 ).

Broadcom Confidential 5880X-PS225-UG101

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