Viewing EEPROM information: txeeprom

Use txeeprom to display the information stored in a TX board EEPROM. The information is determined at TX board manufacturing time and describes the hardware options available on the board. The board serial number is also recorded in the EEPROM.

Procedure

Run txeeprom according to the following syntax:

txeeprom -c channelnum -b boardnum -t

where:

Argument

Description

-c channelnum

DPR channel to use. Default is 246.

-b boardnum

Board number to which to attach. Default is 1.

-t

Trace program. Default is no tracing.


Description

Most fields in the EEPROM display are static; they do not change from one TX board to another. The following table presents the configurable parameters set at TX board manufacturing time:

Field

Description

SerialNum

Unique serial number assigned to the TX board. Use this number to track the board.

Licensing

Shows the various licensing options that have been activated for the specified TX board. All boards are licensed for signaling at the MTP layer. The following additional licensing options are available:

  • Full Stack -  TX board is licensed for entire set of signaling protocol stacks

  • HSL – TX board is licensed for High Speed Links

 

Any currently unused licensing bits are reserved for future options.

NumSS7Links

Maximum number of SS7 communication links that can operate on the given TX board.

NIC Addr n

Ethernet MAC address assigned to each LAN adapter on TX boards.


The following example shows the txeeprom display for a TX 5500E board:

       Family:  TX500E
    TestLevel:  0xC81D
 TestLevelRev:  0x01
 SoftwareComp:  0x0
      MFGYear:  2008
      MFGWeek:  37
   ATETestBit:  0x00
    SerialNum:  1108371946
AssemblyLevel:  0xC7EF
  AssemblyRev:  515
 AssemblyYear:  2008
 AssemblyWeek:  39
    Licensing:  Full Stack
    FlashSize:  32 MB
  NumEthernet:  3
     CPUSpeed:  800 MHz
   L1ClockDiv:  0
    NumTrunks:  4
  NumSS7Links:  128
  MemBusSpeed:  400 MHz
   NIC Addr 1:  00:20:22:32:D6:F6
   NIC Addr 2:  00:20:22:32:D6:F7
   NIC Addr 3:  00:20:22:32:D6:F8