NATIVE-Discovery

The NATIVE-Discovery is a compact one slot MTCA.0 chassis AMC box. It provides a minimum of MTCA infrastructure including cooling as well as basic management and switching functionality. The system is powered by an external power supply.

All AMC ports and a debug interface are routed towards the rear panel of the box, so they are accessible externally:

• 2 RJ45 interfaces for Ethernet connections
• 2 QSFP-DD interfaces, each of them providing 8 lanes for PCIe Gen4 or 10G – 100G Ethernet connections
• 4 SMA connectors for single-ended Clock In/Out
• 2 SAS/SATA interfaces with external 5V power supply
• USB3.2 Type A COM/UART interface

The NATIVE-Discovery features an integrated Cooling Unit with five fans, which are controlled by a temperature sensor and managed by the onboard IPMI controller. They can be speed controlled or operate in one of three speed steps alternatively. A cooling power of 120W for the AMC at an operating temperature of +55°C (short term) is ensured.

As the NATIVE-Discovery aims amongst others on testing and development applications, it offers sliding covers on top and bottom to access top and bottom side of the AMC’s PCB.

Moreover, the NATIVE-Discovery is a good choice for applications which request the operation of just a single AMC and make minor demands on management and switching functionality, or redundancy.

For special demands, the NATIVE-Discovery can be integrated in another chassis. In this case, the core of the NATIVE-Discovery (without enclosure) is mounted inside a customized chassis.

• One slot for single- or double-width AMC with mid-/ full-sized front panel
• External 240W power supply
• Atmel ATxmega128
• Marvell 88E6320 Ethernet Switch
• Microcontroller Firmware for MTCA environment simulation
• AMC Ports 0/1: 2x 1GbE via RJ45
• AMC Ports 2/3: 2x SAS/SATA via Dual Port SATA Connector including SSD power in/out
• AMC Ports 4-7 / 8-11: 8 lanes to QSFP-DD for PCIe or 10G/40G/100G Ethernet
• AMC Ports 12-15 / 17-20: 8 lanes to QSFP-DD for PCIe or 10G/40G/100G Ethernet
• TCLK 1-4: single-ended TCLK A-D via SMA
• UART interface via USB Type A
• LEDs for:
  • Power / Fan Status
  • Temperature
  • MMC Status