Management & Data Switching

Any standard compliant MicroTCA system is managed by a MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH). Besides the central system management for any component in a MicroTCA system, the MCH also provides central switching functionality for the data fabrics, creating a single star (non-redundant) or dual star (redundant) switching topology.

All NAT-MCHs are MicroTCA Carrier Hubs in the form factor of either a single or double width, mid- or full-size Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC). Any MCH comprises of a base module and numerous optional daughter cards which can be mounted onto the base module. While the base modules provide the MicroTCA management and data switching for the base fabric, the daughter cards provide clock distribution functions as well as data hub functions (switches for fat pipe fabrics). Both the base modules as well as the data hubs provide uplink ports.

Comprehensive on-board firmware and front panel visualization of system status down to the single FRU make our MCHs the ideal choice for your MicroTCA system.

Our new 4th generation of NAT-MCH, the NAT-MCH-G4 family of products, provides

· enhanced clocking options including GPS, PTP/SyncE

· improved switching (e.g. 10GbE base fabric, 40GbE or PCIe gen4+5 fat pipe)

· upgraded uplink options, both copper and fibre, for base fabric, fat pipe (100GbE, optical PCIe x16)

· new user interfaces

Our NAT-MCH-G4 Overview provides a quick insight into the NAT-MCH-G4 family. For a detailed description, please refer to the product page and the documentation which is linked there.

If you are looking for a replacement product of the expiring 3rd generation NAT-MCH family, this table lists all important dates regarding LTB and LTS, as well as the successor for every single NAT-MCH Gen3 card.