Generation shelf manager with integrated 19 rackmount 6u atca chassis with integrated switch and shelf manager. The shelf manager monitors the shelf temperature sensors, collecting status information, generate alarms, control the. Atca shelf manager with integrated 10gbegbe switch. The asis atca shelf is designed to comply with all relevant atca specifications, including the ipmi 1. Shelf managers usually also support additional, proprietary interfaces to the system manager such as cli command line interface or snmp. The elma atca shelf manager is a 3rd generation design. They are designed for easy integration with our own or other vendors systems. Advantechs smm5060 atca shelf manager features an intel atom. Use atca shelf manager to organize your advancedtca products. The command has to be sent after m2 but before m4 state. The shelf manager reads information from the blade and determines if there is enough power available.
Kontron is a global leader in embedded computing technology ect. Chassis management for vpx systems vita technologies. The vt002 incorporates the intelligent platform management interface ipmi version 2. Intelligent platform management controllers ipmc are microcontrollers that reside in atca boards and certain frus. It provides a complete ipmi hardware and software solution in the size of a credit card and dissipates less than 3w. Installs applicationspecific software on the blade. Full ipmi sensor infrastructure is optionally available for mmc sensors. The shelf manager is a shelflevel management solution for atca products. Example atca amc shelf, with dedicated shelf management controllers shmcs 6 advancedtca shelf manager. The vt031 is the 40g version with 8 ports also routed to the rtm.
When the military realized the power of atca, they turned to lcr electronics to make it rugged. Vadatech provides the highestperformance shelf managers for atca and microtca systems, with features not found anywhere else in the industry. A shelf manager can include a builtin hpi server interface to support such configurations. The 280mm depth allows the unit to plug directly into a backplane. System shelf manager for atca, axie, cpci and cpci serial. This nonethernet sri is implemented via a pair of crossconnected usb links on the shmm500r and shmm700r and with a high speed, uartbased link on the shmm1500r. An integrators guide to microtca iii management software. Atca shelf manager with integrated 10gbegbe switch vt030. The specifications are designed to meet the demands by advanced telecommunication devices for greater reliability, availability and serviceability. Vt002 ab0 000 0hj a software option h operating temp 1 shelf manager 2 node 3 shelf manager and node 1 commercial 2 industrial b spimodem option j conformal coating. The vt002 is vadatech next generation shelf manager product.
Atca shelf manager epics device support for iter codac core. Fan tray control controlling the fan trays thru the ipmb providing 3. Overview of intelligent platform management in atca. Management software solution accelerates atca system. The system shelf manager controls the proper operation of complete atca, axie, cpci, and cpci serial systems. The shelf manager software runs on the shelf management card shmm and is. Most implementations of the shelf manager preserve as much similarity with atca as possible in the way they present the system to the system manager. Advanced telecommunications computing architecture wikipedia. How one tem leverages atca hardware platform management.
Vt031 atca switching shelf manager ssm, 40g, advancedtca. The elma atca shelf manager is a 2nd generation design. Picmg started using shelf management in the 2000s, when the picmg 2. Advancedtca, atca advanced telecom computing architecture is the latest standard for carrier grade switching systems developed by the picmg pci industrial computers manufacturers group organization. An intelligent fru communicates directly to the shelf manager through the ipmb dual i2c bus. The critical importance of shelf management in advancedtca. Key specifications that govern atca and related frameworks are also listed in figure 1. Atca shelf manager epics device support for iter codac core system. They control and monitor the operations of their hosts. Atca shelf manager with integrated 10gbegbe switch vt030 10gbe switching shelf manager eliminates need for separate switch slots compliant to picmg 3. The shelf management card provides the necessary hardware to run the shelf manager within an atca shelf. As a subsystem of the shelf manager, integralhpi provides substantial improvements over pigeon points openhpi, an optimized distribution of an external opensource hpi implementation. It includes the intelligent platform management controller ipmc which monitors the system health, retrieves inventory information and controls the field replaceable units frus.
This allows two slots in the system to be used as nodes versus having the slots otherwise be allocated as dedicated switching hubs in the system. These include lowlevel hardware management service, highspeed management services based on tcpip protocol, and inband application management. The shelf manager is also responsible for ensuring that 3rd party atca blades inserted into the system share compatible signaling characteristics to reduce the opportunity for damage caused by infield servicing. Featuring a redundant ipmb to ensure maximum system uptime, the shelf managers system monitoring features include power management and cooling control, event sensor logging, electronic keying, and card hotswap monitoring. Our robust carrier manager and shelf manager software has been deployed for years with proven results. The shelf manager watches over the basic health of the system platform, reports anomalies, and takes corrective action when needed. The shelf uses an intelligent platform management bus ipmb for management communications among all atca boards, the fan trays and the shelf managers. The sms console typically uses a tcpip lan to connect to various atca shelf managers although emergency options, like pots dialup, are supported via ipmi. If configured as a node such as the vadatech atc104, it can manage up to 8 amc modules.
Topoftheline shelf suppliers will offer a range of options to accommodate different needs for shelf space, power consumption, cooling, or system cost. Atca shelf manager epics device support for iter codac core system article in fusion engineering and design 9697 june 2015 with 57 reads how we measure reads. Installed as integrated subsystem of shmm500r shelf manager, integralhpitm enables hardware platform interface hpi accessibility to fully loaded advancedtcaa atca shelf. When using the system services framework ssf system management suite, users or applications can configure and monitor hardware and software elements of a single atca shelf or across multiple. The shelf management software runs on the pigeon point shelf. Atca fan control advanced telecom computing architecture. System shelf manager for atca, axie, cpci and cpci serial systems. The shelf manager basically is a logical component. Control resources offers the smartfan line of offthe shelf and custom variable speed motor and fan control solutions and alarms to meet your requirements in the most efficient and cost. Electronics protection pigeon point shelf manager user guide nov, 2017 page 18 320.
The samway smw04a002 is an ipmi based shelf manager designed for multiple architectures including cpci, atca and vpx. Shelf management mezzanine shmm modules, which provide the core processing and firmware for an advancedtca atca shelf manager. The vt031 switching shelf manager ssm combines vadatechs 3rd generation shelf manager with integrated 40gbe layer 3 managed switches on the same module. Atca market and technology update a platform vendor. Breakthrough integrated hpi for leading atca shelf manager. A fault tolerant, multiprotocol shelf management controller architecture that is extensible provides an intelligent platform management interface that is version indifferent as well as programmable and reconfigurable. The smartfusionbased solutions support the a2f500 and a2f200 devices, while the fusionbased solutions support the pigeon point enabled p1afs1500 and p1afs600 fusion devices. Download the scorpionware datasheet for more information. Shelf manager and ipmi command reference information is also provided. Advancedtca and advancedmc hardware platform management. Ipmcs play the role of relaying data to and from shelf manager. Electronics protection pigeon point shelf manager user guide nov, 2017 page 2 320 table of contents 1 about this document 9 1.
To achieve the full benefit of the advancedtca specification, the shelf manager must be tightly integrated with the intelligent platform. Benchtop shelf manager and carrier ipmc hardware from the separately purchased. This manual assists engineers or technicians who perform any of these functions related to the atca 4200 module. The software gui is very powerful, providing a virtual carrier and. The shelf manager is a shelf level management solution for atca products. Featuring a redundant ipmb to ensure maximum system uptime, the shelf manager s system monitoring features include power management and cooling control, event sensor logging, electronic keying, and card hotswap monitoring. This allows the fan tray to use the communication bus that is already present, so all the hardware that is required on the system manager side is already available and nothing needs to be added to support fan control. Type shelf manager mezzanine module to mount to a management carrier or an atca module standards module management ipmi ipmi version 2. Our tier one network equipment provider customers and their suppliers are increasingly focused on using hpi as the foundation interface for management access to their atca shelves, so it makes sense for us to add hpi as a native interface of the marketleading pigeon point shelf manager, said mark overgaard, president of pigeon point. Artesyn atca system management software accelerates. This allows the fan tray to use the communication bus that is already present, so all the hardware that is required on the system manager side is already available. Atca shelf manager epics device support for iter codac. The 280mm depth allows the unit to plug directly into a.
Power distribution, management and auxiliary signal connections are supported. As the shelf manager and the node there are seven i2c busses. Hpi is often used in atca systems as the interface between system manager applications and the atca shelves they supervise. Nominal device support for atca shelf manager conference. A slimline design allows single or dual shelf managers to be used while taking up minimal space. Overview of atca shelf, shelf manager, blades and ipmc. Advancedtca shelf management system by integrating and configuring the firmware and hardware from one shelf manager firmware and hardware vendors such as intel and pigeon point systems. The integrated archi tectur e sav s spac in a 6ft rack tha 3 radisys chassis can fit in a single cabinet with room to spare for ethernet switches for backhaulinterconnect. If you are using a thirdparty chassis instead of a sun netra ct900 server chassis, modify your system manager or shelf manager software to send the set ethernet port access oem command to ipmc before starting power budget negotiations and applying power. System services framework ssf is a complete system management suite for artesyn atca systems, allowing users or applications to configure and monitor the hardware and software. Does amc ekeying similarly to atca, but without involvement of shelf manager makes module sdrs visible to shelf manager preserve ipmi foundation in mmc. For our atca hardware, the shelf manager has a builtin integralhpi, which supports the same client interface as openhpi, extending hpis portability across multiple atca generations as well.
This overview focuses on aspects of the shelf manager and shelf management card that are common to any shelf management carrier used in an atca context. Known as advancedtca, the official specification designation picmg 3. The atca standard specifies a mandatory shelf manager shm unit that monitors the hardware state of the shelf and is a key element for the system operation. The shelf manager is also responsible for ensuring that 3rd party atca blades inserted into the system share compatible signaling characteristics to reduce the opportunity for. This paper describes the software architecture and functions implemented in the microcontroller of the intelligent platform. Comprehensive users guide, hardware architecture and software architecture. This saves two slots in a system that can now be utilized as node payload slots. The advancedtca and microtca specifications define intelligent components in the chassis such as payload modules, power entry modules, and fan trays to a pair of centralized system management controllers called shelf managers atca or microtca carrier hubs mch. The system manager, usually available by using a systems management software sms console, resides outside the atca chassis shelf and controls one or more systemsshelves. Ipmcs are responsible for the communication between shelf manager and the various components in the shelf. This manual describes the promentum atca 4200 compute processing module cpm. Atca shelf manager the shelf management function was expanded with the atca picmg 3.
This manual assists engineers or technicians who perform any of these functions related to the atca4200 module. Hpi enables a software platform that is largely independent of the hardware platform. If there is, the shelf manager sends a command to the ipmc to powerup the payload part of the blade. Pigeon point systems unveils breakthrough integrated hpi. Since the vpx shelf manager is based on picmgs atca version of shelf management, a brief overview will provide some needed background. Atca and its hardware platform management at 15 years. These standards were designed with platform management in mind from the beginning. The schroff shelf manager acbvi is a 78 mm x 280 mm board that fits into a dedicated shelf manager slot in a schroff atca shelf. Now shelf management atca 21002210 provides the picmgdefined shelf management functionality integrated on the atca 21002210. Elma electronics axie shelf manager is the heart of our system management product line which controls the proper operation of complete axie, atca, cpci serial and vpx platforms. The atca shelf is built according to these specifications. It preserves binary interface for openhpi client applications, tightly integrating its operation with shelf manager. The shelf manager also determines what fabric ports are supported by the blade. By tightly integrating its operation with the shelf manager, integralhpi is dramatically more efficient, with initial startup times for richly populated atca shelves that ranged from 29x to 53x faster than the pigeon point openhpi solution with less than half the memory requirements.
The shelf management controller is arranged in a dual redundant configuration in a clientserver mode and has a message driven configuration with the messages conforming to the. The atca standard specifies a mandatory shelf manager shm unit which is a key element for the system operation. Pigeon point shelf manager software and shmm mezzanine module, which. System services framework ssf is a complete system management suite for artesyn atca systems, allowing users or applications to configure and monitor the hardware and software elements of a single atca shelf or across multiple shelves. Installs the bladefor development or configuration.
This manual describes the promentum atca4200 compute processing module cpm. Maxum450 maxum460 maxum500 14slot atca acdc shelf user manual. The atca shelf manager is responsible for overall shelf health, for communicating with remote system management software sms and for taking certain corrective actions. This allows the atca module itself to replace the dedicated shelf manager, thereby reducing overall system cost. As atca was designed to meet the carriergrade constraints of the telecom industry, the systems integrate the chassis, cooling, power distribution and shelf management into an offthe shelf platform solution capable of superior 5 nines availability and reliability. Overview of atca shelf, shelf manager, blades and ipmc orgnization. Ipmiatca commands, plus numerous pps extension commands. Our ipmi implementation is built on a unified software platform supporting several. Advanced telecommunications computing architecture atca or advancedtca is the largest specification effort in the history of the pci industrial computer manufacturers group picmg, with more than 100 companies participating.
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