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News Release from: Force Computers | Subject: AdvancedTCA systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 October 2003
Demo proves AdvancedTCA interoperability
Force Computers has been demonstrating a leading-edge AdvancedTCA system configuration at Telecom World Geneva.
Force Computers has been demonstrating a leading-edge AdvancedTCA system configuration at Telecom World Geneva As a collaborative project with Intel, through sharing of engineering resources and equipment, this demonstration illustrates both vendors' commitment to the fast-growing standards-based telecommunications platform architecture
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This ATCA system, which provides a common platform that off-the-shelf building blocks can share to allow quick configuration of systems, integrates GoAhead high availability (HA) middleware, Hughes Software Systems (HSS) based DMTP-3 protocol software, MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition, Solid embedded database technology and UXComm network element (NE) management, demonstrating Force's pioneering efforts as an ATCA system integrator.
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"The standards-based approach to delivering next-generation telecom infrastructure products will enable Force to efficiently and economically meet customer demand", said Anthony Ambrose, General Manager, Intel Modular Platform Programs.
"Using the combination of Intel building blocks, along with the ATCA platform architecture, positions Force to respond to the specific needs of equipment providers".
The demonstration platform is based on the recently introduced Centellis DS 31KX development system.
As a leading integrator of ATCA technology, Force has designed the system to interoperate with a range of building blocks from multiple vendors - especially those from fellow ICA members, including GoAhead Software, Hughes Software Systems, MontaVista Software, Solid Information Technology and UXComm.
The configuration features: a 13U/14-slot ATCA chassis with cooling; a shelf management controller with SNMP remote access; a redundant base channel 1Gbit Ethernet switch; dual Force ATCA-710 mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor - M blades running MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 3.0; dual Force Fibre Channel ATCA storage blades - for server applications; two Intel NetStructure MPCBL0001 high-performance single-board computers running MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 3.0; one Intel IXMB2401 single network processor base card (ATCA blade) with Intel IXA application software for DSLAM - simulating streaming video via DSL; GoAhead SelfReliant 7500 high availability middleware, adapted and tightly integrated into Force's EndurX HA product series - with active and standby master and active and standby client - demonstrating application fail-over; a solid autonomic data management platform - integrated with Force's EndurX HA series and GoAhead SelfReliant 7500 HA middleware - to provide a hot-standby database configuration for "five nines" controller card data reliability; the UXComm network element management solution - based on XTend Management - a unified, adaptive management fabric for the integrated monitoring and control of modular computing architectures; and distributed MTP3 - part of Force's StackWare telecomms protocol software - with DS1 interfaces and MTP2 layers provided by PMC modules and distributed MTP3 implementation on Linux hosts.
"Hughes Software Systems, a long-time supplier of MTP3 telecomms software to Force, believes that the company's distributed MTP3 demonstration is a successful, essential step toward SS7-enabled telco servers and necessary for TEM and service provider applications to benefit from ATCA", said K Chandrasekar, HSS Vice President, Europe.
"As far as we're concerned, it is positive proof that Force is ready and able to fill the ATCA integration needs of telecomms and networking OEMs - large and small.
We are proud to partner with Force to integrate protocol stacks in control-plane applications".
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