SBS Technologies Telum GE-QT, User Manual

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2 Telum GE-QT User’s Guide
Features
The Telum GE-QT features the following:
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Four independent 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet ports
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Auto-negotiations and automatic MDI/MDIX switchover on each RJ-45 port
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Compliance with IEEE 802.3 for 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
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PCI Express Switch compliance with Rev 1.0a (x4 lanes of PCIe)
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Single-width, full-height AdvancedMC form factor
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Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) controller with a Memory Management
Controller (MMC) provide full module management support
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Checksum and segmentation off loading
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802.1 Q–VLANS (up to 4096 VLAN tags)
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Hot-swap ability by allowing module replacement during live operation
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Bellcore 1089 Intra-Building protection against surge and lightning (available upon request)
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Driver support for standard Linux implementations including Carrier Grade Linux
Hardware Overview
The Telum GE-QT maximizes communications I/O for Gigabit Ethernet networks by providing four,
independent 10BaseT, 100BaseTX, or 1000BaseT ports on a single module. The Telum GE-QT
contains a highly-efficient PCI Express switch with up to x4 lane to provide optimum performance
and enhanced CPU utilization. This special four-port PCIe switch connects the PCI Express to two
dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controllers.
The Telum GE-QTcontains an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) that complies with
industry standard to provide an “always available” module that supports:
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Monitoring of hardware information, such as voltages and temperature
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Monitoring of hardware sensors and alarm generation (alerts)
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Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) hot-swap functions
A special Module Management Controller (MMC) provides IPMI module management and control.
In addition, the Telum GE-QT hardware meets the intra-building (short haul) transient immunity
requirements of Bellcore GR-1089 for telecommunication applications.
For more information on the hardware components, see “ Chapter 2: Hardware Description .”
Firmware Overview
The Telum GE-QT provides the following software support:
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Operating system support
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Driver development
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Firmware, includes IPMI software that complies with PICMG AMC 0.RC1.1 with Module
Management Controller
The Telum GE-QT firmware appears to the protocol stack as ordinary “MAC” layer interfaces and
is ready to use with out modifications. The protocol stack simply interfaces to a MAC-layer driver,
which talks to the onboard Gigabit MACs through the PCI, PCI-X or PCI-Express bus.
The Telum GE-QT contains support for a Linux driver. “ Chapter 5: Linux Driver Implementation ,”
contains instructions for building the driver.
For more information on the firmware, see “ Chapter 3: Firmware Description .”