Promentum ATCA-4550 and ATCA-4555

Description

The ATCA-4550 series are the 8th generation single board computers from RadiSys. They are high performance, single slot AdvancedTCA computer modules based on the single socket L5638 or E5645 Intel® Xeon® processor. They are ideal for control plane and server functions for LTE wireless infrastructure, Deep Packet Inspection, IPTV, IP multimedia subsystems and defense application. The ATCA-4550 series provides 10-Gigabit fabric connectivity, 8 DDR3 DIMM sockets, an AMC slot and an several optional RTMs that offer additional storage and network interface options.

Choice of different levels of Performance, Price and Thermals:

The ATCA-4550 Series is designed to give customers a choice to meet various performance, price and thermal requirements. The ATCA-4550 is based on a single 60W L5638 processor and is an ideal solution for upgrading 1^st generation ATCA chassis already deployed in the network. It provides over a 30% performance increase over a 60W L5518 process and provides the same thermal footprint. The ATCA-4555 is based on a single 80W E5645 processor, which offers dual L5518 like performance at a lower total cost of ownership and a better thermal footprint. The ATCA-4555 is ideally suited for 2^nd and 3^rd Generation chassis providing the best price/performance while still meeting NEBS requirements.

Built on Field Proven Technology:

Both the ATCA-4550 and the ATCA-4555 are based on the award winning ATCA-4500. The ATCA-4500 has been deployed by several TEMs in numerous networks and has passed NEBS tested. The software and hardware are field proven, which reduces development risk.

Storage Options:

The ATCA-4550 series supports multiple storage options. Optional dual user flash can support up to 16GB each, providing a total of 32GB of storage. This storage can function as a boot device, so it can be used to store an operating systems and application image, eliminating the need for a hard drive. The ATCA-4550 series supports a storage AMC and also supports a configurable SAS/SATA multiplexer. The optional RTM has a SAS controller that supports RAID (0/1), two external SAS connectors and an additional hard drive, allowing a RAID to be setup between the AMC, RTM or remote storage. The board also supports iSCSI storage over both the base and fabric, allowing the use of an ATCA or external iSCSI storage device.

EFI – Industry standard replacement for BIOS:

The ATCA-4550 series is based on EFI which is a significantly improvement over the old legacy BIOS firmware. The EFI provides a pre-operating system shell where customers can build and execute EFI applications, such as setup, OS install, diagnostic or configuration utilities.

Virtualization:

Support for extended VT-x and VT-d on the board decreases the overhead associated with virtualization. The ATCA-4550 series has been validated with leading hypervisors, making it the ideal platform where virtualization is required.

System management, reliability and high availability

The ATCA-4550 series is designed for High Availability (HA) applications providing 99.999% up time. An Intelligent Platform Management Controller (IPMC) provides system management functionality compliant with the IPMI specification, and includes features such as standard e-keying, remote upgrade capability, IPMI-over-LAN, Serial-over-LAN, and message bridging and messaging support.

Platform level solutions

The ATCA-4550 series will be available as a building block or fully validated and integrated into the RadiSys family of platforms which include 2, 6, 14 and 16 slot platforms. The board will be fully interoperable with RadiSys Promentum DSP, Packet Processing and Switch products, and the board also has been validated with 3rd party AMC and storage components.

Feature Summary

• Single slot PICMG 3.0/3.1 (Option 1, 2 and 9) compliant
• Single Intel® Xeon®k L5638 or E5645
  • 2.00 GHz or 2.4 GHz clock rate
  • Integrated Memory Controller
  • Support for Hyper-Threading
• 8 DDR-3 VLP DIMM Sockets
  • Support for up to 64GB Memory
• Support for Multiple storage options
  • Option Dual User Flash of up to 16GB each.
  • Support of SSD AMC
  • Optional RTM supports an addtional drive, provide HW Raid (0/1), and provides 2 SAS Ports
  • Supports iSCSI on base & fabric
• Single Midsize AMC
  • AMC.1 (PCI Express)
  • AMC.2 (Ethernet)
  • AMC.3 (Storage)
• Based on EFI Firmware
  • Pre-OS Shell
  • Ability for customer to create unique EFI Applications
• OS Support
  • Winder River PNE 2.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
  • Monta Vista CGE 4.1
  • Monta Vista CGE 5.0

Specifications

Ordering Information

• A4550-Base-CPU
• A4555-Base-CPU
• A4500-MEM-12GB
• A4500-MEM-32GB