QorIQ LX2160A Reference Design Board (RDB) The QorIQ LX2160A reference design board is a 1U form-factor tool for evaluation and design of value-added networking applications such as 5G packet processing, network-function virtualization (NFV) solutions, edge computing, white box switching, industrial applications, and storage controllers. OVERVIEW DPDK APIs and example applications The highest performance member of the Layerscape User space drivers for networking accelerator family, the LX2160A excels at running Linux-based blocks and examples applications using them networking applications. With the low power of FinFET Virtualization: KVM, Dockers, virtio-net process technology, 16 high-performance Arm Uboot and UEFI bootloaders Cortex -A72 cores, large caches, accelerators to 100Gbps, 100 Gigabit Ethernet, and PCIe Gen4, the Layerscape Standard GNU tool chain LX2160A SoC enables machine learning, cloud-like Available CodeWarrior tool chain computing, and NFV at the network edge for greater application responsiveness. LX2160A-RDB The QorIQ LX2160A RDB provides a comprehensive platform that enables design and evaluation of the LX2160A and its most popular features. It can also be used to evaluate the other two LX2 family members (12-core LX2120A and 8-core LX2080A). The LX2160A reference design is a 1U form factor and will conform to all requirements for sale worldwide, including certifications for FCC Part 15 Class A. The QorIQ LX2160A RDB comes pre-loaded with NXPs board support package (BSP) based on a standard Linux kernel. Some features enabled in the BSP include: Support for all IO, including 1GE, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, 50GE, and 100GE PCIe as both Endpoint and Root complex Yocto Project/Poky distributionsHARDWARE FEATURES COMPLETE ENABLEMENT, RICH ECOSYSTEM Processor NXPs strong legacy of networking expertise and Arms rapidly growing development base provides a rich ecosystem for our customers. Our extensive LX2160A, 16x Arm Cortex-A72 CPU, third-party ecosystem, the largest and most established in the communications up to 2.2GHz market, supports all QorIQ LS series devices. This environment also supports DIP switch setting can configure the vibrant, growing Arm ecosystem, including the Linaro not-for-profit device for 8- and 12-core operation engineering organization. Memory In conjunction with our expertise and worldwide support infrastructure, this Two DDR4 UDIMM to 3200MT/s broad ecosystem helps customers accelerate their migration from non-NXP solutions and legacy NXP devices, preserving investment costs and reduce time-to-market. 32GB total capacity (16GB per UDIMM) NXP professional services can further improve customer time to market with options ranging from guaranteed response time support to full turnkey solutions. Flash: 128MB NOR, 128GB eMMC Ethernet LAYERSCAPE LX2160A-RDB BLOCK DIAGRAM One 40G Etherent QSFP+ Two 25G Ethernet SFP+ Two RJ45 10G Ethernet Two RJ45 1G Ethernet PCIe One PCIe Gen4 x8 slot One PCIe Gen4 x4 slot Other IO Four SATA3.0 connectors One USB3.0 Type A connector One USB3.0 micro AB connector Monitoring of voltage, current, 2 temperature, and power on I C bus ORDERING INFORMATION Two optional kits provide cabling and transceivers for 10GE and 40GE (LX2RDBKIT1-10-40) and 25GE (LX2RDBKIT2-25G). ORDERABLE PRICE (USD) PART NUMBER LX2160A-RDB 3995 www.nxp.com/LX2160 NXP, the NXP logo, CodeWarrior, and QorIQ are trademarks of NXP B.V. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. Arm and Cortex are registered trademarks of Arm Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the EU and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved. 2018 NXP B.V. Document Number: LX2160A-RDBA4FS REV 0 Date of Release: October 2018