Inrush Current Control Technology Boosts Power Converter Reliability

AdvancedTCA Processor Blade
Serves Up Intel Westmere-Based
CPU
Diversified Technology offers an ATCA
solution that includes multiple processor
blades, switches, systems and full integration
capabilities. The ATC7000 is a dual socket node
blade supporting 12 cores (24 simultaneous
threads with HyperThreading enabled) of
processing performance by way of dual Intel
Xeon 5600 series “Westmere” processors. The
ATC7000 provides support for up to 64 Gbyte
memory and an optional RTM with additional
network interface options. The board is a
PICMG 3.0-compliant processor board that
provides high performance for LTE/4G and
other next-generation wireless and wireline
military systems.
The ATC7000 boasts both a base fabric of 1
Gbit Ethernet and an extended 10 Gbit Ethernet
fabric. The dual Intel Xeons are L5638, 2.0
GHz Hex Cores or dual Intel Xeon E5645, 2.4
GHz Hex Cores. The Intel 5520 (Tylersburg)
chipset supports a QPI CPU bus and up to up
to 64 Gbytes of registered DDR3 DRAM. There
are two onboard solid state storage disks. I/O
includes front panel I/O, two 1 Gbit Ethernet
ports, a USB 2.0 port, serial and management
LAN. The rear transition module has two SAS/
SATA ports, two 1 Gbit Ethernet ports, a USB
2.0 port and serial and management LAN.
The RTM supports TM7000 and
TM7000HD. The board is compatible with the
ATS1936 10G ATCA Switch and the ATS1160
1G ATCA Switch. The board is compatible
with Targa-14 Series 14 Slot ATCA Systems,
Targa-6 Series 6 Slot ATCA Systems and MRS-
6 - Mobile Rugged ATCA Systems. The board
supports PICMG specification PICMG 3.1
Option 9.
Diversified Technology
Ridgeland, MS.
(800) 443-2667.
[www.dtims.com].
ATCA Platform Is Ready for Tough
Field Deployment
A high-performance, multiprocessing system
platform is designed to address computeintensive
requirements in command and
control data center applications. The ATCA7365
SystemPak from Elma Electronic combines
the high-performance multiprocessing of an
integrated ATCA platform with a ruggedized
design capable of withstanding the high shock
and vibration found in rugged mobile transport
applications. It has been successfully tested to
withstand a 36” drop shock test per MIL-STD-
810G.
Featuring three ATCA processor blades,
each with two six-core Intel processors as
standard, the ATCA7365 SystemPak offers
high processing power that makes it an
ideal solution for use in rugged “comms
on the move” (COTM) applications such
as data center virtualization and networkcentric
environments. The new ATCA7365
platform has been successfully tested to meet
environmental requirements for operation in a
command and control center. It is mounted in
a lightweight transit case, can withstand a 36”
drop test on two axes, and can endure random
vibration up to 25 Gs per MIL-STD-810G.
Operating temperature is 3° to 37°C in 5% to
95% non-condensing humidity. In addition
to the three processor blades, the standard
configuration includes an Elma Type 11A, 6U
six-slot ATCA chassis, a fully replicated mesh
backplane and a single system management
card with a provision for dual management as
well as redundant cooling and power supplies.
Four 300 Gbyte SAS (serial-attached SCSI)
drives and a 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric switch
blade with RTM (real-time monitoring) are also
part of the ready-to-run unit.
Elma Electronic
Fremont, CA.
(510) 656-3400.
[www.elma.com].
ATCA Blades and Systems Roundup
ATCA Blade Provides Advanced
Packet Processing
The ATCA-9405 from Emerson Network Power
is a state-of-the-art AdvancedTCA blade for high
touch and high throughput packet processing
applications to support the latest data-intensive
network evolution. Packet processing is used widely
in network security applications such as unified
threat management and session border controllers;
in the latest 4G LTE mobile networks for lawful
interception and packet gateways; and in deep packet
inspection applications for policy enforcement and
quality of service control.
With a 40 Gbit/s ATCA fabric, up to 82 Gbit/s
direct Ethernet terminations, a sophisticated
onboard managed Ethernet switching infrastructure
to support traffic flow the ATCA-9405 represents
a balanced 3x to 4x performance and throughput
increase over previous generations. The card sports
MIPS64 cores, and acceleration engines provided
by two Cavium OCTEON II CN6880 multicore
processors. The dual-core service processor is
used to offload other blade functions in order to
maximize the packet processing capability, including
managing Layer 2 and 3 switching/routing functions
on the local Ethernet switch.
Software support includes Wind River’s PNE 4.x
operating system, Cavium’s packet processing SDK,
and 6WIND’s 6WINDGate fast path networking
stacks. The ATCA-9405 can operate with or without
rear transition modules (RTMs) depending on
system architecture, and is designed to support
NEBS/ETSI requirements when used in conjunction
with any of Emerson’s CPTA-B.4 grade enclosures.
To make the most use of the 40 Gbit/s fabric, the
blade should be paired with a 40 Gbit/s hub switch
like the Emerson ATCA-F140.
Emerson Network Power
Tempe, AZ.
(602) 438-5720.
[www.emersonnetworkpower.com
/embeddedcomputing].
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