Owner's manual

Introduction
2 AT8404 User Guide
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1. Introduction
The Board described in this manual is designed for the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture
(AdvancedTCA® or ATCA) defined by the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG). The main
advantages of AdvancedTCA include high throughput, multi-protocol support, high-power capability, hot
swappability, high scalability and integrated system management. For further information regarding the
AdvancedTCA standards and their use, please consult the complete AdvancedTCA specification or visit the
PICMG web site.
1.1 Product Overview
The Kontron AT8404 is a PICMG 3.0 and 3.1 Option 9 compliant Carrier Board for Advanced TCA shelves,
designed according to the RoHS directive. It is a PICMG AMC.0 compliant Conventional Carrier providing four
mid-size AMC slots. A Gigabit Ethernet Switch provides connection to the base interface (BI) and fabric
interface (FI).
1.1.1 AT8404 Features
The main features of the AT8404 are:
• Gigabit Ethernet Switch
• Fat Pipe Interconnect
• Storage Interconnect
• Unit Computer and Memory
• Synchronous Clock Distribution
• Up to four mid-size AMC bays
• APS (Automatic Protection Switching) for AMCs
• RTM Connector (Zone 3)
•IPMI
• Power Supply Mezzanine incl. Hold Over Circuit
1.1.1.1 Ethernet Switch
• Broadcom BCM56502: 24 Port Gigabit Layer-2/3 Switch with 2 x 10GbE Uplinks
• PCI 32b/66MHz Management IF
• Line rate switching for all packet sizes and conditions
• Supports 2 Base channels 10/100/1000Base-T
• Supports 2 Fabric channels with 10GbE XAUI