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ZX4800P Series
Custom 16 port GigE CompactPCI Ethernet Switch
Product Overview:
The ZX4800P with OpenArchitect is an extensible
managed switch for CompactPCI or PICMG 2.16 systems, featuring 16 Gigabit
Ethernet ports and Layer 3 routing capabilities. The ZX4800P provides
line-rate L2 switching and L3 routing optimized for use in popular 14
node slot chassis and is designed to meet the slot, power, and cooling
budgets of 10U and smaller chassis.
The switch's fully integrated OpenArchitect management
software environment provides comprehensive IP routing services "out-of-the-box"
plus the capability to add new or custom routing, control and management
policies. The switch also eases and enhances remote system manageability
by incorporating the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
standard. The ZX4800P with OpenArchitect combines the performance of
a silicon-based switching fabric with flexibility of software-managed
routing policies.
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.
Single or Multi-mode Fiber
14 of the Gigabit Ethernet ports are routed to
the backplane and two are routed to the front panel as SFP (Small Form
Pluggable) fiber uplink ports. The SFP modules may be independently
field configured for mutli-mode (1000Base-SX) or single-mode (1000Base-LX)
media to accommodate short-haul and long-haul links as desired extending
transmission distances to 10km with the high reliability of fiber without
requiring a rear transition board. This makes the ZX4800P ideal for
connecting campus and MAN networks, using any of the suite of OpenArchitect-based
routing and management protocols.
High Availability
The ZX4800P was designed for demanding High Availability
applications where downtime is unacceptable. The ZX4800P hardware provides
full support the PICMG 2.1 HotSwap specification which ensures there
is no electrical operation side effects when inserting or extracting
the ZX4800P from a PICMG 2.1 compliant system.
The ZX4800P 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:
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.
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