Product Overview:
The ZX5000 is a 16-port AdvancedTCA® 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
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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
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Automatically 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.
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