ZNYX ZX4500P
Extensible Managed Switch for PICMG 2.16 CompactPCI
Packet Switching Backplane Chassis with OpenArchitect
Main Features:
- Powerful, Out-of-Box Embedded Switching:
6U PICMG 2.16 CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane, Two
Gigabit Ethernet Ports, 24 10/100 Ethernet Ports, Line
Rate Switching of 6.6 million PPS, IPMI (PICMG 2.9)
- Fully-Managed with OpenArchitect Software:
Standard Networking Protocols, Network Services, RIP,
OSPF, BGP, IP Multicast, Quality and Class of Service,
Network Management
- Extensible for Value-Added OEM Solutions:
Provides complete Linux environment, Supports new or
custom IP policies, Uses existing Linux networking
applications with little or no modifications
Product Overview:
The ZX4500P with OpenArchitect™ is the most advanced
and flexible embedded CompactPCI switch in the world. No
other switch can match its state-of-the-art management
software suite, featuring the latest Request For Comment
(RFC) protocols and switching applications. No other switch
can approach the High Availability features employed in the
OpenArchitect software and implemented in the robust
hardware design. Engineered for High-Availability
CarrierClass™ telecommunications systems employing
the PICMG 2.16 CompactPCI Packet Switched Backplane (CPSB)
standard, this 6U switch provides line-rate Layer 2
switching and Layer 3 IP routing, plus Layer 4-7 packet
classification and filtering for telco chassis. The
integrated OpenArchitect software environment provides a
broad range of the latest “out-of-the-box”
protocols to establish extensible routing, control and
management policies. The switch also eases and enhances
remote manageability by incorporating the Intelligent
Platform Management Interface (IPMI) standard
High Performance Embedded Switching
The ZX4500P with OpenArchitect combines the performance of
a silicon-based switching fabric with flexibility of
software-managed routing policies. The switching fabric
component integrates 24 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports and dual
1-gigabit Ethernet ports. The switching fabric maintains
the forwarding table on silicon, providing the capability
to switch and route 6.6 million packets per second –
full line rate performance on every port.
100% Compliant with PICMG 2.16
The CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane (CPSB) standard
developed by the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturer
Group’s subcommittee 2.16 (PICMG 2.16) defines an
embedded Ethernet environment for telco chassis. This
environment includes two switch fabric slots that, with the
ZX4500P, create a dual star Ethernet network to up to 18
node slots (23 node slots in an Extended CPSB chassis).
Placing the ZX4500P in a fabric slot provides embedded
Ethernet services to each node card across the Packet
Switching Backplane of the chassis. A ZXRTB04 rear
transition board (RTB) can be added in the rear of the
fabric slot to provide four external 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
ports in addition to the already available front-access
dual 1-gigabit Ethernet ports. A standard configuration
places one ZX4500P in each of the two fabric slots, for
creation of a redundant, high availability system. The
ZX4500P, and a corresponding ZXRTB24, can also be used in a
CPSB node slot as a “stand alone” switch
providing 22 external 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports. This
configuration connects two of the switch's Ethernet ports
to the Packet Switching Backplane (one port is routed to
any switch in Fabric slot A, and one to Fabric slot B), and
provides 22 external 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports and dual
front access 1-gigabit Ethernet ports. Using several
ZX4500P switches in this configuration in a chassis
employing HotSwap and redundant power supplies creates a
"switching farm" with a very high MTBF and MTTR.
OpenArchitect Switch Management
The OpenArchitect software component – open source
Linux, IP protocol stack, control applications and the OA
Engine – runs on an embedded Motorola MPC8240 PowerPC
microprocessor. OpenArchitect provides extensive managed IP
routing protocols and other open standards for switch
management. Examples include network services; Virtual
Redundant Router Protocol; Routing Information Protocol;
Open Shortest Path First; Border Gateway Protocol; IP
Multicast, Quality of Service and Class of Service; access
control lists; and management via Simple Network Management
Protocol MIBs , Common Open Policy Services and web.
OpenArchitect also provides system and IP protocol software
for the related ZX4500 switch, designed for standard
CompactPCI chassis, so configuration scripts and
applications developed for that switch also work with the
ZX4500P.
Extensible Customization of Routing Policies
The OpenArchitect software environment enables rapid
porting of other UNIX/Linux-based protocols, including open
source RFCs. It also enables the development of
application-specific protocol configuration scripts. This
extensibility and access to the open source networking
software provides OEMs and integrators low cost, rapid
development environment for creating new value-added
services.
Powerful CarrierClass Features
The ZX4500P has High Availability hardware features for
advanced telco applications. The switch implements the
PICMG 2.1 Full HotSwap support. This feature provides field
replaceable capabilities where a switch can fail and be
replaced without impacting the operational performance of a
chassis. Also supported is the new Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) PICMG 2.9 standard for
message-based interfaces that monitor the physical health
characteristics of the ZX4500P. The switch provides
operational status information to an IPMI management
application. End customers benefit with advanced notice of
potential problems. The ZX4500P also implements the Media
Dependent Interface called Auto MDI-X allowing the use of
standard or crossover cables without any mismatch of TX or
RX pairs. This IEEE standard makes cabling –
especially between switches – faster and less error
prone.
Hardware:
- ZX4500P
24-port 10/100 Ethernet switch for CPSB fabric
or node slots
- ZXRTB04
4-port, single-slot width, Rear Transition Board (RTB)
for CPSB fabric slots .
- ZXRTB24
24-port, two-slot width, RTB for CPSB node slots (22
active rear ports)