GE Intelligent Platforms ™ NETernity GBX460 Rugged 6U OpenVPX Fully Managed Layer 2/3 10 GigE Switch Module Features Neternity™ GBX460 is the world’s first computing cluster architectures. Typical rugged 6U OpenVPX Fully Managed Layer applications include sensor and image • 6U OpenVPX Compliant: (VITA 65.0) 2/3 10Gigabit Ethernet switch module processing for a range of intelligence, sur- • VITA 48 (REDI) supporting low latency, high throughput veillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms • VITA 46.0-2007 (VPX Baseline Standard) interprocessor communication (IPC) aimed at including radar and communications deployed defense and aerospace applications. processing. • Switch Profile: SLT6-SWH-16U20F-10.4.2 Data Plane: 20 x 10GE Ports GBX460 delivers full wire-speed 10Gigabit Designed to support GE-IPs market leading, Control Plane: 16 x 1 GbE Ports Ethernet switching that can be fully managed rugged 6U OpenVPX single board com- • Optional Profile: SLT6-SWH-24F-10.4.3 via our OpenWare software. Proven, high puters (SBCs) and GPGPU processors,the performance architecture and a multilayer GBX460 harnesses the speed and flexibility Data Plane: 24 x 10GE Ports switching fabric provides a rich feature set, of the very latest 10GigE switch fabric • Non-Blocking broad functionality, scalability, and product from Fulcrum Microsystems. This innovative • Front I/O: Up to four 10GigE Fiber Ports life longevity. Based on a PowerPC man- solution supports non-blocking, low available for slot profile SLT6-SWH- agement processor and a leading high latency data transfers across a multipro- 16U20F-10.4.2 performance switch fabric, the GBX460 has cessing cluster at up to full wire speed integrated Layer-2/3 switching capabilities enabling new levels of performance for • Full wire-speed 10GE Performance including support for IPv6 as well as the the most demanding ISR applications. • Ruggedization Build Levels: ability to support higher Layer 4-7 func- Level 1, 2 & 3 Air Cooled GE-IP’s latest 6U OpenVPX products are tionality when required. Level 4 & 5 Conduction Cooled available in air and conduction cooled- IPv6 brings improved security, reliability variants providing a clear choice for size, • RoHS 2002/95/EC Compliant and flexibility, enhanced support for mobile weight and power (SWaP) sensitive HPC • Based on high-performance Low computing devices, and larger address applications. In addition, it has the flexibility Latency, Ethernet switch fabric from space for global reach and scalability to to support high speed sensor I/O over Fulcrum Microsystems applications. In the near future, support 10GigE and system scaling from one • IEEE 802.3-2005 for IPv6 will be required for Military and to many compute nodes on airborne, Defense customers, and because this ground vehicle and naval platforms to • Option for Unmanaged operation switch also supports IPv4 it offers a path meet the most demanding mission profiles. • Hardware enabled IPv6 and IPv4 support forward which protects existing investments. • OpenWare Switch Management environment The extremely fast boot time for the GBX460 delivers any node to any node GBX460 enables it to meet the needs • Multi-cast Support: IGMP Snooping connectivity between multiple computer of customer applications that require Querier and MLD Snooping Querier nodes to support the very latest (HPC) their network to be passing traffic in the • Allows up to 4096 VLANS Intel and NVIDIA GPGPU high performance shortest period of time after power-on. • L-3 Protocol support including OSPF, RIP and VRRP ™ NETernity GBX460 Rugged 6U OpenVPX Fully Managed Layer 2/3 10 GigE Switch Module NETernity GBX460 is a High Performance • Broadcast storm control screens excessive Switch Fabric and Layer 2/3+ Ethernet embedded switch with traffic and controls the rate limit for OpenWare Protocol Features extensive management capabilities and each port and prevents flooding in the • Supports both Layer-2 (L2) and Layer 3 provides hardware speed switching of L-2 network. (L3) packet switching. Packets are cat- and L-3 frames including IPv6 switching egorized by the MAC addresses for L2 • IGMP snooping permits the switch to and routing. Optionally, the twenty 10GigE switching and by IP addresses for monitor IGMP interactions between hosts and sixteen 1GigE version of the GBX460 L3 switching. and routers and to adjust its forwarding can support up to four 10Gigabit Ethernet tables accordingly resulting in more efficient Fiber connections on the front panel. Per • QoS prioritization (IEEE 802.1D) permits bandwidth use. the OpenVPX standard, the 10 Gigabit classifying packet priorities which is Ethernet connections support the data beneficial in delay-sensitive applications. • Port mirroring eases debug and packet plane and the sixteen 1Gigabit Ethernet pattern study. This is a method to observe connections support the control plane. The • Packet filtering to prevent forwarding of on one port traffic that is flowing on GBX460 is also available in a configuration certain packets; filtering capabilities are another port. supporting twenty four 10Gigabit Ethernet available in Layers 2 - 7. ports routed to the VPX Switch Fabric ports. L-3 IP Routing Protocols • Link aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad) links a Designed to meet the needs of a wide group of physical ports creating a single • OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), a flexible range of challenging applications in military logical port to provide higher bandwidth link state protocol, tests the state of links systems, the 6U VPX form factor GBX460 and increase redundancy between and transmits that information throughout facilitates communications at high speed switches. The fabric is capable of full wire the system to establish the shortest path within the chassis or for external networks speed switching, allowing a maximum to the destination. This protocol also via its 10Gigabit Ethernet ports. The aggregate throughput that is the sum of load balances by distributing traffic GBX460’s high speed network capability all aggregated ports. equally among routes. Messages may is idea for applications such as situational also be routed based on the type of • Virtual LANs (VLANs) (IEEE 802.1Q) defines awareness, imaging, and sensor data. service so that critical messages can a forwarding (switching) domain; supports transverse the most reliable routes. up to 4096 VLANs. • RIP (Routing Information Protocol), an • Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) easy- to-implement, dynamic routing (IEEE 802.1Q) enables automatic and protocol, allows routers to exchange rapid determination of an optimal loop-free information for computing routes through topology from an arbitrary network of networks. Routing tables are used to enabled switches with duplicate and store destination and metric pairs. redundant connections; supports rapid reconfiguration in the event of a link or • VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) switch failure; backward compatible with eliminates single points of failure on a RSTP and STP. network. Using an election protocol to provide failover for forwarding packets, VRRP provides a higher availability default path. ™ ™ NETernity GBX460 Rugged 6U OpenVPX Fully Managed Layer 2/3 10 GigE Switch Module NETernity GBX460 Rugged 6U OpenVPX Fully Managed Layer 2/3 10 GigE Switch Module • MSTP, the latest version of the Spanning OpenWare Switch Why choose GE Intelligent Platforms Tree protocol, allows use of the latest Management Environment Neternity Ethernet Switches? technology to create efficient, loop-free ™ OpenWare is available exclusively on GE Intelligent Platforms has a wealth networks by combining multiple VLANs. selected Neternity fully-managed Layer-2/3 of expertise in Military, Commercial and In the event of link or switch failure, the Ethernet switches. Comprehensive and Telecommunications markets. This makes network can be rapidly reconfigured powerful, this switch management environ- us unique in the embedded computing minimizing down time. MSTP is backward ment provides integrated management industry – we understand application compatible with RSTP and STP. services including configuration, monitoring, requirements and we know communication switching control, addressing, routing and protocols. • Highly efficient bandwidth utilization. all supported protocols. Configuration and Multicast with IGMP Snooping Querier Our line of Neternity Ethernet Switches is monitoring functions are accessible from a and MLD Snooping Querier for IPv6 unmatched. Not only is our product selection serial console or via a network. Supported operation ensures that frames are only extensive, but the switches themselves access methods include Telnet, SSH and SNMP. forwarded on those ports having nodes provide maximum flexibility, performance, that have joined the group. OpenWare features: and density. Neternity Ethernet Switches are available in a variety of form factors, ® • OpenWare makes use of Linux based • IPv6 support for improved security, reli- interfaces, and levels of ruggedness, port software to allow faster implementation ability and flexibility, enhanced support configurations, media support, and types and easy updates to firmware as part of for mobile computing devices, and larger of management. standard releases or when customization address space for global reach and scal- is required. Customizations may be leveraged ability. IPv4 is also supported offering Fully Managed switches are Layer 2/3+ across all Neternity/OpenWare platforms. a path forward which protects existing switches with control and monitoring Standard Linux commands may be used investments. capabilities via local or remote access. as well as open source protocol and Layer 2 managed switches are switches • Easy deployment and management that routing capabilities. with control and monitoring capabilities, results from the wide range of protocols but with the management limited to layer • OpenWare allows for a number of ways supported. These protocols are defined 2 capabilities. These are also accessed to manage the switch via serial console, by RFCs, and cover a range of operations: locally or remotely. Unmanaged switches Telnet or Web Interface. Switch, VLANs, Aggregation, Multicast, are Layer-2 switches with no operator Filtering, Routing, QoS, and Management, interfacing and are designed for quick • Using a combination of open source protocol Neternity switches with OpenWare offer deployment in simpler applications. software and OpenWare allows us in broad functionality and support com- certain instances to provide full software munications within the chassis as well as Call GE Intelligent Platforms knowledgeable source to customers. Additionally, full supporting the network outside of sales team for help in selecting the switch that control over the software environments the chassis. best meets your applications requirements. permits customization for specific requirements such as customer-specific handling of failover conditions. KEY KEY KEY ™ NETernity GBX460 Rugged 6U OpenVPX Fully Managed Layer 2/3 10 GigE Switch Module Specifications Block Diagram Physical Interface MNG COM 1/2 • All 10 Gigabit and 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports are routed to the VPX backplane along with the Ethernet management port and serial console. Port Reset Status • 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports support 10GBASE-CX4 or Processor Subsystem LEDs 10GBASE-KX-4 • 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports support - 1000BaseCX LED CPLD Form Factor Optional SMC Optional SMC ™ • 6U OpenVPX air, spray and conduction cooled builds • 6U VITA48 REDI for 2LM Switch CLK Switch • Weight: TBD Fabric Buffer Fabric ™ OpenVPX • SLT6-SWH-16U20F-10.4.2 PSU • SLT6-SWH-24F-10.4.3 3V3 2V5 1V8 1V2 Routing Circuits Power Requirements (Maximum) 1V0 DDR2 VTT DDR2 VREF • TBD MTBF P2 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 16 x 1GBASE P0 or • TBD 4 x 10GBASE-KX4/CX4 4 x 10GBASE-KX4/CX4 4 x 10GBASE-KX4/CX4 4 x 10GBASE-KX4/CX4 4 x 10GBASE-KX4/CX4 4 x 10GBASE-KX4/CX4 Environmental • Ruggedization Level 1 - Operating Temperature: 0 to +55C - Storage Temperature: -50 to +100C Ordering Information - Vibration: 0.002g/Hz from 10 to 2000Hz random and 2g sinusoidal from 5 to 500Hz GBX460 - abcdef - Shock: 20g peak sawtooth, 11mS duration Where a is level of ruggedization 1-5 r = 1,2,3,4,5 - Humidity: Up to95%RH Where b is 1 for 24 10GigE ports; 2 for 2010GigE + 16 1GigE ports • Ruggedization Level 2 Where c is number of 10GigE fiber ports: c = 1,2,3 or 4 - Operating Temperature: -20 to +65C Where d is 10GigE transceiver type: 0=N/A; 1=SR, 2=LR and 3=ER - Storage Temperature: -50 to +100C Where e is for type of rear I/O standard; 0=10GBase-KX4; 1=10GBase-CX4 - Vibration: 0.002g/Hz from 10 to 2000Hz random Where f is 0=unmanaged or 1=managed and 2g sinusoidal from 5 to 500Hz - Shock: 20g peak sawtooth, 11mS duration - Humidity: Up to95%RH GBX460RTM-11 6U VPX Rear Transition Module with ten 10GigE CX-4 connectors • Ruggedization Level 3 GBX460RTM1-11 6U VPX Rear Transition Module with two 10GigE CX-4 connectors and eight 1GigE SFP’s - Operating Temperature: -40 to +75C (unpopulated) - Storage Temperature: -50 to +100C - Vibration: 0.004g/Hz 20 to 2000Hz with a flat POPW-GBX460-01M OpenWare Maintenance response to 1000Hz. 6dB/octave roo-off from POPW-GBX460-01A OpenWare Maintenance Renewal 1000 to 2000Hz - Shock: 20g peak sawtooth, 11mS duration - Humidity: Up to95%RH • Ruggedization Level 4 - Operating Temperature: -40 to +75C at thermal interface - Storage Temperature: -50 to +100C - Vibration: Random 0.1g2/HZ from 15 to 2000HZ per MIL-STD-810E Fig 514.4 -8 for high perfor- About GE Intelligent Platforms mance aircraft - 12g RMS - Shock: 40g peak sawtooth, 11mS duration GE Intelligent Platforms, a General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is an experienced high-performance - Humidity: Up to95%RH technology company and a global provider of hardware, software, services, and expertise in automation • Ruggedization Level 5 and embedded computing. We offer a unique foundation of agile, advanced and ultra-reliable technology - Operating Temperature: -40 to +85C at thermal that provides customers a sustainable advantage in the industries they serve, including energy, water, interface consumer packaged goods, government and defense, and telecommunications. GE Intelligent Platforms - Storage Temperature: -50 to +100C is a worldwide company headquartered in Charlottesville, VA and is part of GE Home and Business Solutions. - Vibration: Random 0.1g2/HZ from 15 to 2000HZ per MIL-STD-810E Fig 514.4 -8 for high perfor- For more information, visit www.ge-ip.com. mance aircraft - 12g RMS - Shock: 40g peak sawtooth, 11mS duration GE Intelligent Platforms Contact Information - Humidity: Up to95%RH Americas: 1 800 433 2682 or 1 434 978 5100 Global regional phone numbers are listed by location on our web site at www.ge-ip.com/contact www.ge-ip.com/ethernet-lan ©2011 GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc. All rights reserved. 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