Radisys expands ATCA platform portfolio

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Nov 6, 2008

Radisys Corporation has announced that it has expanded its AdvancedTCA (ATCA) portfolio with two new products.

The Promentum SYS-6016 platform is a fully integrated high-capacity 16-slot offering that provides the maximum number of billable application slots in an ATCA carrier-grade platform, and delivers industry-leading 10Gbit switching, packet processing, and media-processing capabilities.

The Promentum SYS-6002 is a low-profile two-slot integrated platform that provides a compact cost-effective solution ideally suited for an array of specialised appliances such as sophisticated security and traffic-handling applications.

Both platforms are rigorously tested against the guidelines offered by CP-TA to ensure interoperability across the ATCA ecosystem.

The Promentum SYS-6016 and SYS-6002 platforms are pre-validated with a variety of hardware and software components thereby enabling Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) to develop and deploy revenue-generating services more quickly and more cost effectively.

The 16-slot, 13U Promentum SYS-6016 platform meets the carrier-grade requirements of the telecommunications industry.

It comes standard with the Promentum ATCA-2210 10Gbit switch and control modules that provide highly integrated centralised functions such as switching, shelf management, network-timing and system management capabilities.

In addition, the ATCA-2210, supports the Radisys switching software that has been hardened and now running live in deployed networks.

Also a variety of payload blades are offered, including high-performance multi-core compute modules, SATAS storage solutions, high-density media processing and packet processing modules.

With a multitude of pre-integrated payload blades, the Promentum SYS-6016 is an ideal choice for 3G wireless and wireline infrastructure requirements for applications such as Radio Network Controllers (RNC/BSC), Media Gateways, IMS (CSCF, Application and Media servers), and IPTV.

The compact 2U, 2-slot Radisys Promentum SYS-6002 platform eliminates the need for an ATCA switch module, and is replaced by onboard Ethernet switching on purpose-built products such as the Promentum ATCA-7220 dual OCTEON packet processing module, ATCA-9100 Media Resource Module, and Promentum ATCA-1200 Quad AMC carrier module.

The Promentum SYS-6002 includes optional shelf-management capabilities that are hosted on the slot one payload blade, thereby providing additional cost savings and flexibility within the platform.

The Promentum SYS-6002 also supports a 48V DC power feed, with optional AC power in either a rear-pluggable 600W AC power or stand-alone 1U AC power module to support both central office or data centre environments.

The ultra-low profile of the Promentum SYS-6002 makes it a perfect fit for low-density subscriber area deployments and specialised telecom applications.

This platform configuration delivers full-size ATCA blade solutions that offer high performance and better pricing then the size and technology space constrained microTCA form factor.