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1.1 Product Overview
The Kontron AT8001 ATCA PICMG 3.0/3.1 processor board is simply the most unique AdvancedTCA
platform on the market. When first launched, it was the only AdvancedTCA blade to feature a low
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voltage, high performance Intel
Xeon
processor which scales up to 2.8 GHz, plus support two
AdvancedMC modules. This became the start of Kontron's 'AMC Everywhere' approach to offering
Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) significantly increased design flexibility for any number
of applications for wireless, wireline and data center network infrastructures.
The AT8001 feature-set includes dual Gigabit Ethernet and dual Fiber Channel on fabric interface,
and dual Gigabit Ethernet base interface, and is loaded with up to 8 GB of DDR-II 400 SDRAM.
Designed with the Intel® E7520 chipset, the AT8001 includes revolutionary PCI Express serial I/O
technology and DDR2, the next generation memory technology, to help increase I/O bandwidth and
reduce system latency for data-intensive applications. Its 800 MHz system bus also allows increased
platform bus bandwidth (50% more than 533MHz) and delivers increased system performance.
'AMC Everywhere' strategy
Kontron ensures all of its next generation AdvancedTCA platforms are 'AMC Everywhere' enabled,
offering support for AdvancedMC modules in its processor, hub and carrier products. This is a major
factor in providing TEMs with unprecedented flexibility in the design of new, IMS-based
applications, as well as increase economies of scale by freeing up valuable AdvancedTCA system
slots for other payload blades.
AdvancedMC modules are the smallest Field Replaceable Units (FRU) on the market that are hot
swappable and support the RASM concept of "Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, and
Maintainability". Ultimately for Service Providers and Carriers, this translates into a significantly
lower OPEX with easy upgrades in the field, reduced risk for the introduction of new subscriber
services, and the ability to expand networks.
AdvancedMCs are also proving to be an attractive solution for proprietary form factor base boards.
For example legacy telecom systems can be outfitted with COTS AdvancedMCs to enable a smooth
migration from purely proprietary technology to a 100 per cent AdvancedTCA system in the future.
Faster-Go-To-Market strategy
Kontron shortens the application design process by ensuring that each open modular building
block is fully interoperable and designed to be both the right technology and the right architecture
in mind to suit any development needs. Pre-integrated and application ready right out-of-the-box,
Kontron open modular solutions are customizable and also feature best-in-class carrier-grade
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software such as MontaVista
Linux
Carrier Grade Edition (CGE), and hot-standby Solid
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CarrierGrade
data manager from Solid Information Technology. This complements Kontron's
existing offering of Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI v1.5) firmware, Hardware
Platform Interface (HPI) support, and operating system and applications software.
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AT8001 User's Guide
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