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NETernity GBX24

Specifications

Physical Interface

• 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports

– 24 routed to rear

– Optionally, 4 ports may be factory selected as SX or

LX optical to the front panel

• Fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports support either

1000BaseLX or 1000BaseSX transceivers and have

LC connectors

• Copper ports support automatic Media Depen-

dent Interface (MDI) crossover eliminating need for

cross¬over cables or cross-wired (MDIX) ports

IPv6

• IPv6 addressing and specification (RFC 2460)

• Neighbor discovery for IPv6 (RFC2461)

• Stateless address auto configuration (RFC 2462)

• ICMPv6 (RFC 2463)

• IPv6 over Ethernet (RFC 2464)

8000 MAC Address Table

• Automatically leans network connections

User Controllable Built-in-Test (BIT)

Bandwidth Provisioning

• Guaranteed bandwidth for real-time services

Levels of Ruggedization

• Air cooled, extended temperature, rugged air cooled,

rugged conduction cooled, and spray cooled

Dimensions

• 6U (4HP) single slot VME Eurocard form factor

• Height: 9.2 in. (233.4mm)

• Depth: 6.3 in. (160mm)

• Thickness:

– 0.8 in. (20.3mm) single slot

– 1.6 in. (40.6mm) dual slot

• Weight:

– Levels 1-3: 1.47 lbs (0.82 Kg) 24-port version

– Levels 4-5: TBD

Power Requirements

• 50 watts (24 ports)

• 5 V @ 9.2 A (max)

Environmental

• Temperature (Level 1)

– Operating: 0°C to +55°C with 300 linear ft/min airflow

– Storage: -50°C to +100°C

• Relative Humidity (Level 1)

– Operating: 5% to 95%, noncondensing

– Storage: 5% to 95%, noncondensing

MTBF

• 101,746 hours per Ground Fixed 40°C

Bloock Diagram

Flash

SDRAM

MNG

Magnetics

8245

PowerPC

NVRAM

DX265

Packet

Processor

Magnetics

PHY

RTC

RS-232

10/100BaseT Management Ethernet Port

11x

GbE

13x

GbE

GBX24-abcde

a - level of ruggedization 1-6

b - is 0 = no 10 GigE expansion

c - number of copper and/or fiber ports; 1 = 20 copper + 4 onboard SX fiber, 2 = 20 copper + 4 onboard LX fiber,

3 = 24 copper ports, A = 16 copper + 8 off board SX optics (uses two slots), C = 12 off board SX optics

d - GPIO expansion; 0 = N/A, 1 = P0 fitted

e - Software variants: 0 (no management software), 1 (Loads switch management software). BIT software is included

on all models

Example Configuration:

GBX24-40311 - VME switch, Build Level 4, no 10 GigE expansion, 24 copper ports, P0 fitted, BIT and management software

GBX24-50110 - VME switch, Build Level 5, no 10 GigE expansion, 20 copper + 4 onboard optics, P0 fitted, BIT

(unmanaged version)