Emerson Announces New 10G AdvancedTCA Switch Blade

Emerson Network power, being the provider of Business-Critical Continuity from grid to chip for telecommunication networks that it is, just issued a press release announcing its newest 10G AdvancedTCA (ATCA).

Switch blades are used in the IT industry for the creation of many telecom network and communication infrastructure applications.

The new switch blade that Emerson Network power, a business of Emerson, has created goes by the name of ATCA-F125.

It has multiple functional options and can reduce costs for any installment it is used in.

All switch functions are executed by an onboard Freescale QorIQ P2020 chip, a service processor that also deals with the blade setup and hardware platform management functions.

Optional functionality is available as well, the feature set including SATA-based hard drive device support, telecom clock generation and distribution and general processing and/or packet processing via an AMC site.

The new ATCA-F125 is a 10G switch blade that complements the recently released 40G ATCA switch blade (ATCA-F140).

“By using compatible 10G and 40G solutions, network equipment manufacturers can migrate applications more easily from one to another, providing unrivaled scalability in both directions for their common platform,” says the press release.

On the ATCA-F125, various features can be configured using the embedded ATCA basic Blade Services (BBS) software package. The next release (R2.0) of the Emerson Network Power Centellis 4410 ATCA platform core is also built into the product.

'When combined with the hardware, the BBS creates a fully integrated and verified switch-blade infrastructure for ATCA platforms, allowing customers to focus on revenue-generating software development projects. As with all Emerson Network Power ATCA switch blades, the ATCA-F125 is designed for NEBS and ETSI compliance to further reduce development costs and accelerate time-to-market.”

Emerson's ATCA-F125 is already sampling, but worldwide availability won't ramp up until the end of Fabruary, 2011.