Centellis 3406 ATCA 14-slot Platform

• Fully integrated and verified AdvancedTCA based communications server
• RoHS (5 of 6) compliant 14-slot, 19”, 12.5 U form factor
• Verified shelf level thermals and PICMG® standards compliance
• Redundant PICMG 3.0 & 3.1 base/fabric switching blades
• Combined switch/control blades to maximize billable application slots
• Variety of payload blades
• Integrated software operating environment including operating system
• Designed for NEBS/ETSI compliance

The Centellis 3406 platform is one in a series of AdvancedTCA based Communications Servers from Emerson Network Power. These platforms are based on the Open Application-Enabling Platform concept – a quantum leap forward in platform outsourcing which provides highly integrated and verifi ed hardware and software components, reduces development costs and accelerates time-to-market. This allows network equipment providers (NEPS) to focus their development resources on critical, differentiating features that provide a competitive advantage.

The Centellis™ 3000 series of AdvancedTCA® based communications servers are specifically designed to address the unique carrier-grade requirements of the telecommunications industry. Application examples include wireless infrastructure, packetized voice, wireline data, and cable network head-end equipment.

The Centellis 3406 platform core is RoHS (5 of 6) compliant, eliminating the need for customers to incur the time, resource and expense associated with creating and/or converting existing product to meet this international requirement.

The heart of the Centellis 3406 platform is the AXP1406 AdvancedTCA (ATCA®) shelf and the ATCA-F101/ATCA-F102 (rel 3.1) system controller and switch blade. The AXP1406 shelf includes redundant shelf manager and alarm modules, redundant power entry modules (PEMs) and four fan tray modules. The ATCA-F101/ATCA-F102 system controller and switching blade combines PICMG compliant base and fabric interface switching functionality with a full processor complex for high availability (HA) middleware or any user applications. Assuming a redundant switch and HA middleware environment, combining these key functions provides customers with two additional slots for billable applications.

The main difference between the ATCA-F101 and the ATCA-F102 is an upgraded processor PrPMC280 with 1.0 GB of main memory, an optional solid state disk drive (SSD), RoHS 6/6 compliance, and an optional optical RTM with modular SFPs.

A variety of payload blades are offered for the Centellis 3406 platform depending on application requirements. Basic Blade Services (BBS) software is provided with each blade to create an integrated platform including a standard Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) distribution and Service Availability™ Forum (SA Forum) compliant Hardware Platform Interface (HPI) to user applications.