ZNYX ZX5000
16-port PICMG 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Base Fabric Switch
for ATCA with OpenArchitect Switch Management
Main Features:
- OpenArchitect 3.0 / IXE provides a complete Layer 2/3
switch management
- platform, customized for embedded Ethernet networks
such as AdvancedTCA™ chassis
- 16 Gbps non-blocking switch fabric supports full
line-speed communications on
- all channels simultanously. Enhanced Protocol Stack
provides OSPF, RIPv1/v2,
- IGMP, and more. 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet enables a
<3uS latency for building
- mission-critical high-speed communications
applications while maintaining
- backwards compatible with legacy equipment.
Product Overview:
The ZX5000 is a 16-port AdvancedTCAŽ Base Fabric switch
based on the Intel IXE5416 switch silicon. Providing
Gigabit Ethernet service for 12 payload slots, the ZX5000
uses the ZNYX Networks OpenArchitect 3 running on its
embedded MPC8255 to provide complete and flexible switch
management. Three switch egress ports are provided, and one
port is dedicated to the switch-to-switch connection in
redundant configurations. For additional management
connections, two out-of-band 10/100 Ethernet management
ports and one RS-232 port are provided to the front panel.
The ZX5000 provides fully PICMG 3.0 compliant chassis
management with its on-board IPMI controller.
OpenArchitect Switch Management
The OpenArchitect software component – open source
Linux, IP protocol stack, control applications and the OA
Engine – runs on an embedded Motorola MPC8255 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.
Softswitch Flexibility with Silicon Speeds
The OA Engine is the bridge between the software
environment and high performance switch fabric. The engine
transparently moves routing policies established by
software to the switch fabric's forwarding table. This
bridge enables line rate packet switching, executed on a
silicon switch fabric chip, that is managed by open source
routing protocols -- a quick time-to-market, feature-rich
protocol set.
High Availability
The ZX5000 was designed for demanding High Availability
applications where downtime is unacceptable. The ZX5000
hardware provides full support the PICMG 2.1 HotSwap
specification which ensures there is no electrical
operation side effects when inserting or extracting the
ZX5000 from a PICMG 2.1 compliant system.
The ZX5000 is offered with OpenArchitect/HA Suite software
enabled, an upgrade to OpenArchitect Switch Managemetn that
provides Service Continuity to ZNYX Networks embedded
Ethernet switches. OpenArchitect/HA Suite includes:
- OA/Node High Availability Host Drivers -
Provides a persistent IP address across redundant
Ethernet ports on the host system. In the event of a port
failure, the IP address will not change, permitting
applications to run seamlessly during hardware
failures.
- Remote Switch-to-Switch Monitoring -
Configure switches to monitor the health of other
switches on the network.
- Deterministic Startup -
Boot within certain time within parameters
- CentralAuthority third-party autoconfiguration -
utomatically configures Ethernet switches once they are
discovered on the network from a central location.
- SurvivingPartner autoconfiguration -
Automatically configures Ethernet switches by pairing
them with a "partner" switch on the network. When a
failure occurs, and the Ethernet switch is replaced, the
partner switch will transmit the configuration file.
Management
The front panel includes one out-of-band 10/100 Mbps
management port and one serial management port. In-band
management is also provided for switch configuration across
a network.Chassis managment is achieved through IPMI
support with integrated temperature and voltage sensors for
added reliability.