Stack-on-a-Card HD 3 - Tieto

PRODUCT SHEET Signaling Solutions
<strong>Stack</strong>-on-a-Card HD 3
Signaling Solutions from Tieto provides a turnkey signaling platform for integration
with telecom applications like location-based or prepaid services,
messaging, voice over IP, softswitch and IMS solutions.
Product overview
<strong>Stack</strong>-on-a-Card HD 3 from Tieto is a fully embedded hardware and software signaling solution for compactPCI-based
systems. It is designed for system integrators, application developers and network operators implementing SS7, SIP or
Diameter connectivity in a cPCI system.
Key benefits
The main benefit of the <strong>Stack</strong>-on-a-Card product is
that all Signaling protocol software executes in a closed
environment aka “Signaling Blackbox” and does not
affect the customer’s application environment and/
or platform, and vice versa. This means that signaling
capacity and availability can be guaranteed.
The <strong>Stack</strong>-on-a-Card HD 3 product is based on the
Tieto Horizontal Distribution architecture – HD, which
provides the following benefits:
» Performance – The performance scales linearly by
using multiple SoaC boards in a system.
» Scalability - The system is easily scalable by adding
several SoaC boards. Traffic load is automatically
distributed over the available SoaC boards.
» HW / SW Maintenance - The configuration is not
fixed, meaning that it is possible to add or remove
SoaC boards without bringing the whole system
down.
» Redundancy - Redundancy is provided by using
several SoaC boards and by using only one Local
Signaling Point (OPC / DPC)
Features
» Standalone or High-Availability (99,999%) with HD
configuration (up to 16 SoaC boards in a single
system)
» Up to 16, 1.5/2 Mbps E1, T1 and J1 front-panel
interfaces with up to 496 Low Speed links per controller
board or up to 16, 2 Mbps High Speed Links
over ITU Q.703 Annex A or ATM
» Up to eight Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on front-panel
» Three Gigabit Ethernet interfaces per board for
management and application server connectivity
(using signaling API’s)
» High capacity:
• > 60,000 TCAP transactions/second per SoaC
board
• > 25 Million ISUP BHCA per SoaC board
• > 3.000 SIP Sessions/second per SoaC board
• > 50.000 Diameter transactions/second per
SoaC board
» SS7 Protocols: MTP, SCCP, TCAP, MAP, ANSI-41,
AIN, INAP, CAP, BSSAP, PCAP, LCSAP and ISUP
in compliance with ITU, ANSI, TTC (Japan) and
Chinese SS7 standards
» Mixed SS7 stacks:
• ITU application parts over ANSI SCCP/MTP
• ANSI application parts over ITU SCCP/MTP
• SS7 over IP (SIGTRAN) and traditional SS7
over TDM (E1/T1/J1) in one product
» SIGTRAN in compliance with IETF standards, M2PA
(RFC 4165), M3UA (RFC 4666) and SCTP (RFC
4960)
» SIP - Session Initiation Protocol in compliance with
IETF RFC 3261, 3262 and more
» Diameter Protocol in compliance with IETF RFC
3588 and 3539
» Support for IPv4 and IPv6
» Distributed thread-safe, call-back C/C++ protocol
APIs available for Oracle Solaris® 9+10, HP-UX®
11i, Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 & 6, SUSE
Linux Enterprise 11, IBM AIX 7, MontaVista® CGE
Linux 5 and Microsoft® Windows® Server in application
host environment
» Distributed Java APIs for: TCAP, SCCP, MAP, INAP,
CAP, BSSAP-LE, PCAP, LCSAP, SIP and Diameter
» Signaling Manager: GUI and CLI tool for Configuration,
Operation & Maintenance
» Integrated web server for remote access to management
tools
» Distributed C++ and Java API for integration with
other management applications
» TvTool: Graphical Trace and Log Viewer tool
» SNMPv2 Agent for monitoring
» Optional support for application enablers Device
Detection (DDA), Short Message Service Center
(SMSC) and SIP B2BUA Proxy
The product is delivered complete with software, communication
boards, and documentation for easy integration
with the application environment.
System architecture
Tieto Horizontal Distribution architecture is a concept
where there are multiple <strong>Stack</strong>-on-a-Card’s performing
in parallel. Signaling traffic is load-shared over the
available SoaC boards.

Signaling Environment Customer Environment
MAM 100 1002-122/101 Ver 1.3
PRODUCT SHEET Signaling Solutions
All signaling SW and HW are supervised and if a
board malfunctions, traffic is automatically rerouted to
other available boards. The supervisor function will try to
restart the failing signaling SW and/or HW.
As soon as a SoaC boards becomes available, it will
automatically start to process signaling traffic. All
SoaC boards in an HD system will share the same
network address, i.e. Point Code).
The system is scalable; if more performance is
required one or more SoaC boards can be added in
runtime up to 16 boards.
The HD system can handle up to 2048 signaling links,
with 496 links per SoaC board. These links can be fed
either by the on-board E1/T1/J1 connectors (1.5/2
Mbps) or by using SIGTRAN.
<strong>Stack</strong>-on-a Card system architecture
Application Host Application
Log
Deemon
Mgmt Tool
Mgmt
Appl.
Host #1
Signaling
Appl.
Signaling API
GUI OAM API
Mgmt Tool
CLI
SoaC Board # 1
OAM
NMP
ECM
ECS
SS7 PMC
I/F Board
E1/T1/J1
Network
I/F
Back
End
Front
End
Ethernet
XMC
I/F Board
SIGTRAN
Network
I/F
Application
Host #n
Signaling
Appl.
Signaling API
SiaB Unit #1 SiaB Unit #2
SoaC Board # 2
ECM
ECS
SS7 PMC
I/F Board
E1/T1/J1
Network
I/F
Back
End
Front
End
Ethernet
XMC
I/F Board
SIGTRAN
Network
I/F
SoaC Board # n
E1/T1/J1
Network
I/F
SIGTRAN
Network
I/F
Hardware architecture
The intelligent signaling controller board is a single slot-
Comp actPCI peripheral board equipped with:
» 2.53 GHz Intel® Core2 Duo T9400 processor
» 4 GB RAM Triple 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, one
on front-panel and two via rear transition module or
via cPSB (PICMG 2.16)
» CompactPCI PICMG 2.0 R3.0 and CompactPCI
» Hot Swap PICMG 2.1 compliant
» RS232 serial console interface
» Two USB 2.0 interfaces
Tieto is an IT service company providing IT, R&D and consulting
services. With approximately 18 000 experts, we
are among the leading IT service companies in Northern
Europe and the global leader in selected segments. We
specialize in areas where we have the deepest understanding
of our customers’ businesses and needs. Our superior
customer centricity and expertise in digital services set us
apart from our competitors.
Address: Kanikenäsbanken 12, P.O Box 1038, SE-651 15 Karlstad, Sweden
Telephone: +46 10 481 00 00, email: signaling@tieto.com, www.tieto.com/signaling
ECM
ECS
SS7 PMC
I/F Board
Back
End
Front
End
Ethernet
XMC
I/F Board
» Carrier Grade Linux OS
» Software boot via onboard CompactFlash disk or
network boot via Ethernet
» Integrated Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
architecture in compliance with PICMG 2.9
» Front-panel reset button and LED status indicator
» Watchdog timer monitoring of software and hardware
» Optional 8-port 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet XMC
board and/or 8-port 1.5/2 Mbps E1, T1 and J1
SS7 signaling PMC board
» Optional 4GB CompactFlash memory
» Compliant with requirements of the RoHS directive
2002/95/EC and LFS / WEEE directive 2002/96/EC
<strong>Stack</strong>-on-a-Card hardware architecture
1x10/100/1000 Ehternet+RJ45
4x10/100Mbps Ethernet (RJ45)
Front Panel
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
Signaling
<strong>Stack</strong>
IDE Controller
Ethernet XMC Interface
Board
Local PCI Bus
Flash Disc PCI Bus Interface
(J1 and J2)
Console RJ45 2xUSB2.0
Rear Panel
Ethernet
Controller
Local PCI Bus
(P1 and P2
PCI to PCI
Bridge
<strong>Stack</strong>-on-a-Card Signaling controller
Board
Prerequisites
» CompactPCI-compatible chassis
» Application host environment:
• Oracle Solaris® 9 +10
• HP-UX®11i
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5 & 6
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
• IBM AIX 7
• MontaVista® CGE Linux 5
4xE1/T1/J11.5/2Mbps
SS7 PMC Interface
Board
SS7 MTP-L1/
L2
Local PCI Bus
(P1 and P2
Ethernet
Controller
I/O to rear panel
(J3 and J5
2x10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet (RJ45)