ZX5000 Series

PICMG 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Base Fabric Switch

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 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 -

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 -

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.

Hardware:

Blade	Model	Description
Switch	ZX5000	16-port GigE Base Fabric switch for ATCAwith OpenArchitect Switch Management