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FR 331/306 - Fabric Switch Board - 3U OpenVPX (VITA 65) PCI Express (VITA 46.4) and Ethernet (VITA 46.6)

The FR 331/306 is a 3U OpenVPX fabric switch board with a x4 PCI Express® data plane (VITA 46.4) and a 1000 Base-BX control plane (VITA 46.6) per payload board. The FR 331/306 is designed for use in VPX PCI Express Backplane environments supporting six payload boards, two additional Ethernet ports and a configuration control interface. The FR 331/306 is suitable for use in centralized switching systems as defined in OpenVPX (VITA 65). For rugged applications two VPX-REDI conduction-cooled versions are planned, the FR 331/306-RCS is VPX-REDI Type 1 Two-Level Maintenance conduction-cooled board and the FR 331/306-RCT is VPX-REDI Type-2. Typical applications include networking equipment, data management and blade-based servers in vertical markets such as defense, communications, medical and automation.

Features

  • 3U VPX (VITA 46.0) N-Series switch fabric board:
    • rear I/O compatible with the VPX-REDI RCx-Series
    • air-cooled
    • 0°C to +55°C operating temperature
    • use in commercial (non-rugged) applications
    • 3U VPX 0.8 inch slot
  • 3U OpenVPX fabric switch board:
    • for use in PCI Express® Backplane environments
    • supports six payload boards
    • x4 PCI Express (Gen1 or Gen2) data plane (VITA 46.4)
    • utilizing non-transparent/transparent PCI bridges
    • supports two DMA engines
    • 1000 Base-BX unmanaged control plane (VITA 46.6)
    • compatible with OpenVPX (VITA 65) module profiles
  • 2 x Gigabit Ethernet ports:
    • one via rear panel and one via front panel
  • Switch configuration using serial port via front panel and rear panel:
    • used with Fabric Switch Configuration software tool
  • Configuration data EEPROMs for:
    • board configuration data
    • both PCI Express and Ethernet switch configuration data
  • Ruggedized conduction-cooled versions (RCx-Series):
    • conduction-cooled to VITA 48.2
    • -40°C to +85°C operating temperature (at card edge)
    • conformally coated
  • CompCompatible with a range of Single Board Computers:
    • supporting dual x4 PCI Express data plane (VITA 46.4)
    • supporting dual 1000 Base-BX control plane (VITA 46.6)