Linux AdvancedTCA Products
Last Updated: February 12, 2025
Description
Linux AdvancedTCA products are telecommunications equipment that adhere to the PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group (PICMG) standards, specifically versions 3.0 to 3.4. These products include boards, switches, and servers designed to provide processing, signaling, switching, and layering functions within telecommunications systems. They are capable of running network operating systems and are often integrated with communications middleware to enhance their functionality.
Working Principle
AdvancedTCA products operate by utilizing a network protocol or industrial protocol such as TCP/IP, SNMP, RMCP, or WBEM to support higher-level telecommunication services. These protocols ensure that the equipment can handle various performance specifications and system requirements. The architecture of AdvancedTCA systems allows for the integration of blade servers, media gateways, and SGSN controllers, which are essential for processing and converting different telecommunication protocols. This modular approach makes AdvancedTCA products highly adaptable and useful for creating robust telecommunications infrastructures.
Applications
AdvancedTCA products are widely used in telecommunications networks, particularly in environments that require high reliability and performance. Specific applications include their use in carrier-grade systems for telecom, large enterprise, and data network applications. For instance, Kontron's AdvancedTCA platforms are employed in building solutions for the carrier cloud, utilizing 10G and 40G Open Modular Core Platforms as foundational elements for carrier-grade systems.
Advantages over other AdvancedTCA Products
AdvancedTCA products offer several advantages over previous telecommunications systems. They support regulatory requirements and provide higher power and better power distribution capabilities. Additionally, they can be more easily connected to heterogeneous systems, which enhances their versatility and integration potential. These features make AdvancedTCA products a preferred choice for modern telecommunications infrastructure.
Limitations
Despite their advantages, AdvancedTCA products face certain limitations. One significant drawback is the limited availability of software and middleware specifically designed for these systems. Additionally, the cost of implementing fully compliant telecommunications systems with AdvancedTCA products can be prohibitive, which may deter some organizations from adopting this technology.
Considerations
When considering the implementation of Linux AdvancedTCA products, several factors should be taken into account. Initial costs can be high due to the need for compliant hardware and software. Operating expenses may also be significant, given the power and cooling requirements of these systems. However, the durability and reliability of AdvancedTCA products can offset some of these costs over time. Maintenance and replacement costs should also be considered, as the specialized nature of these products may require specific expertise and components.
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-7365-CE combines two 6-core Intel ® Xeon ® processors from the E5600 series running at 2.4 GHz with up to 96GB main memory in a balanced configuration that allows cost-sensitive applications to get the best performance from the processing power in a... [See More]
- Operating System: Windows; Linux
- Product Type: Blade Server
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 9.60E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-7368-CE combines one 4- or 6-core Intel ® Xeon ® processor E5600 series running at 2.4 GHz to provide outstanding performance for cost-sensitive applications in a network data center (35 °C) environment. It offers scalable, high-performance... [See More]
- Operating System: Windows; Linux; Prepared for VMware ESX/ESXi (requires VGA on AMC module)
- Product Type: Blade Server
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 4.80E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The ATCA-9305 from Artesyn Embedded Technologies is an AdvancedTCA ® (ATCA) blade based on dual Cavium OCTEON CN5860 processors and a Freescale Semiconductor management processor. The ATCA-9305 is targeted at security and packet-processing applications in the wireless and transport market... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Processor Blade
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 8.00E6 to 3.20E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
This blade is not recommended for new designs, please take a look at our latest 10G (ATCA-7370) and 40G (ATCA-7475) Intel Architecture server blades. The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-7360 offers two quad-core Intel ® Xeon ® processors L5518 and up to 80GB main memory. Multiple... [See More]
- Operating System: Windows; Linux
- Product Type: Blade Server
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 2.00E6 to 8.00E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-7365 combines two 6-core Intel ® Xeon ® processors L5638 with up to 192GB main memory in a balanced configuration that allows your application to get the best performance from the processing power. Multiple available rear transition modules provide a... [See More]
- Operating System: Windows; Linux
- Product Type: Blade Server
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 9.60E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-7368 features one 6-core Intel ® Xeon ® processor L5638 and one AdvancedMC ™ (AMC) site, to balance compute performance and I/O functionality for cost-sensitive applications. The AMC site features mid-size, single wide AMCs and provides flexible... [See More]
- Operating System: Windows; Linux; Prepared for VMware ESX/ESXi (requires VGA on AMC module)
- Product Type: Blade Server
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 4.80E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-7370 combines two 8-core Intel ® Xeon ® processors E5-2600 family and optional hardware offloading functions with up to 128GB main memory for a combination of performance and flexibility in a 10G ATCA blade. Multiple available rear transition modules... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Blade Server
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 1.28E8
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-7365 combines two 6-core Intel ® Xeon ® processors L5638 with up to 96GB main memory in a balanced configuration that allows your application to get the best performance from the processing power. Multiple available rear transition modules provide a... [See More]
- Operating System: Windows; Linux
- Product Type: Blade Server
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 4.80E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The ATCA-F125 from Artesyn Embedded Technologies is a high density, cost-effective 10G switch blade for AdvancedTCA ® platforms. Combining several ATCA ® functions within a single blade design allows end users to maximize billable slots with revenue-generating application blades. This is... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Chassis / System Platform
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Slots: 2
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies Centellis ™ 2000 40G ATCA system is a high availability platform ideally suited for data intensive, central office and enterprise networking applications. The low profile makes the Centellis 2000 the optimal candidate for distributed networking functions, low... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Chassis / System Platform
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Slots: 2
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The ATCA-9405 from Artesyn Embedded Technologies combines a 40Gb/s ATCA fabric, up to 160Gb/s direct Ethernet terminations, a sophisticated on-board managed Ethernet switching infrastructure to support traffic flow to and from the MIPS64 cores and acceleration engines provided by two Cavium OCTEON... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Processor Blade
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 1.46E8
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The ATCA-F140 from Artesyn Embedded Technologies is a high performance, high bandwidth 40G switch blade for AdvancedTCA ® platforms. This product is perfect for the most bandwidth intensive telecom applications such as LTE and 4G network build-out. Along with the maximum ATCA fabric bandwidth... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Chassis / System Platform
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Slots: 2
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-7470 is a 40G AdvancedTCA ® (ATCA ®) packet processing blade that enables the highest packet processing performance and security features in an ATCA form factor. It allows you to consolidate packet, application and control processing functions in a... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux; Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) supporting HW off-load functions and networking, Qosmos™ ixEngine
- Product Type: Processor Blade
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 1.28E8
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The ATCA-8310 from Artesyn Embedded Technologies is a state-of-the-art AdvancedTCA ® DSP/Media Processing platform designed to provide power-efficient, high-density voice and video transcoding functions. The blade features a uniquely flexible mix of processing technologies to support: "DSP farm"... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Processor Blade
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 2.40E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-8320 is a DSP-based media processing blade for use in AdvancedTCA systems. It offers a very high density of IP voice and video transcoding, including H.264 at up to 1080p, for use in communications applications. Voice and video streaming over IP networks is... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Processor Blade
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 1.60E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn ATCA-8330 is a combination of an Intel Xeon server CPU and a media processing array based on the Octasic OCT2224M multi-core DSP with comprehensive media processing software suite. Voice and video streaming is becoming more pervasive as customer demand for media consumption continues to... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Processor Blade
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 1.60E7
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies Centellis ® 2100 platform core is a high availability platform ideally suited for data intensive, central office and enterprise networking applications. The low profile makes the Centellis 2100 the optimal candidate for distributed networking functions, low... [See More]
- Operating System: Linux
- Product Type: Chassis / System Platform
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Slots: 2
from Artesyn Embedded Power
The Artesyn Embedded Technologies ATCA-7475 is designed to exploit the full capabilities of the two 10-core Intel ® Xeon ® processors E5-2600 v2 family and Intel ® Communications Chipset 89xx Series, with an optimized balance of processing, memory, I/O, data movement and interfaces. [See More]
- Operating System: Linux; Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) supporting HW off-load functions and networking, Qosmos™ ixEngine
- Product Type: Processor Blade
- Form Factor: AdvancedTCA
- Memory: 1.28E8