Products&TECHNOLOGY Rugged Fibre Channel Raid Array with Four 4 Gbit Fibre Channel Ports
A rugged, high-performance 4 Gbit Fibre Channel RAID array features a 12 hard disk drive array housed in a rugged 3U (5.25”) panel height enclosure providing 4 Gbit/s FC host interfaces to high-performance SAS and/or high-capacity SATA II HDDs. The RPC12 from Phoenix International is compliant with military and industrial specifications such as MIL-STD-901D, MIL-STD810F and NEBS Level 3. The design of the RPC12’s rugged, cableless, passive midplane-based, high-density 3U chassis provides an increased environmental operational envelope (-20° to +60°C, 45,000 ft altitude with sealed HDDs), redundant, hot-swap components and massive storage capacity, while assuring the highest level of data availability. The major components and features of the Phoenix RPC12 Fibre Channel RAID Storage System include the 3U Ruggedized Dual Port Fibre Channel RAID System with single active (dual active, failover/failback option) controller. There are two 4 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports and battery-free cache backup. The unit features enclosed and electrically isolated hot-swap drive canisters with an operational altitude to 45,000 ft and an operational temperature range of -20° to 60°C. Cool operation involves a maximum 10°F temperature rise. The RPC12 supports Windows, Linux and Unix (Cluster Certified) as well as including management GUI and failover software. Phoenix International, Orange, CA. (800) 203-4800. [www.phenixint.com].
6U CompactPCI 24port Gigabit Ethernet Switches
Two new 24-port Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Switches from GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms feature Layer 2 switching at wire speed. The 6U Neternity CP982RC and CP980RCC offer high performance and reliability, PICMG 2.16 compliance, flexible port routing options and OpenWare Lite management (CP982RC). While the CP980RC is designed specifically to fulfill the requirements of customers looking for high-performance, high-reliability switching solutions at low cost, the CP982RC is targeted at applications that are not presently well served by vendors—the market for high-performance, high-reliability switches that feature some degree of management without the high cost of full management. Availability of OpenWare Lite on the CP982RC provides customers with the level of switch management they require but at a cost commensurate with its reduced level of functionality. The NETernity CP982RC, which has an onboard management processor, is characterized by its support of GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms’ OpenWare Lite Switch Management Environment, which is available exclusively on selected Neternity configuration-managed Layer 2 Ethernet switches. Configuration and monitoring functions are accessible from a serial console or via a network. Supported access methods include Telnet, SSH and SNMP. OpenWare Lite is easy to deploy; features Linux-based software allowing faster implementation and easy updates to firmware, using a familiar Linux command line interface; and remote Telnet user interface support, allowing users to select how they interact with the switch. OpenWare Lite is also portable across switch fabrics and processor environments. Front ports on the CP982RC can be 10/100/1000BaseT, 1000BaseLX or 1000BaseSX, while rear I/O ports are 10/100/1000BaseT. The CP980RC provides 10/100/1000BaseT support for both front and rear (copper) ports. On both the CP982RC and CP980RC, 24 (copper) ports are routed to the rear or, alternatively, 22 ports can be routed to the rear and two ports to the front. High-availability hot swap is supported on both switches, and conformal coating is optionally available.
Free Trial Tool Set for System Development on Xilinx Spartan-3 Kits
A new concept in development platforms provides the tools needed for embedded system development, including an RTOS, hardware reference designs and the tools that automatically integrate them for implementation on FPGAs. The UnifiedLogic platform from Eridon automatically customizes and configures the UnifiedLogic RTOS and integrates peripherals around an FPGA for both prototype and production hardware. The UnifiedLogic Development Platform supports Eridon’s own “snap-together” prototyping boards as well as third-party development boards, and is fully extensible. Software developers can immediately start creating application code while hardware engineers begin work on the product in its final production form. In this way, UnifiedLogic dramatically reduces time-to-market for embedded systems. A free trial version of the UnifiedLogic Development Platform can be downloaded from http://www.eridon.com/downloads.aspx and is ready to go for Xilinx Spartan-3 Generation Starter Kits with many examples of using their peripherals. It includes the software-centric UnifiedLogic IDE, the UnifiedLogic RTOS and extensive documentation and demonstration code for the Spartan-3 Generation Starter Kit Boards. Immediately after installing the UnifiedLogic Development Platform, an embedded software developer with no FPGA expertise can configure peripherals and begin writing code for a Spartan-3 Generation Starter Kit Board. Eridon, Wayzata, MN. (952) 474-5110. [www.eridon.com].
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Charlottesville, VA. [www.gefanuc.com]. February 2008
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