MicroTCA starter kit includes powerful management software

7 March 2012 Computer/Embedded Technology

Kontron announced the introduction of its new application-ready MicroTCA Starterkit which is operational out of the box. The kit includes the Kontron MicroTCA system OM6060 with AC power supply and an entry-level MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH) AM4901, together with the new Kontron MicroTCA configuration management software OMVIU. Kontron OMVIU delivers a graphical user interface (GUI) for fast, convenient system configuration.

All Kontron MicroTCA systems are managed over IPMI. The MCH is in charge of this type of management: it checks electronic keying before booting up the system; it controls the power, hot-swap cycles and fans. Also, IPMI allows monitoring of the system, ie, to check system event logs, monitor the health of the system and to take measures in case of problems. In order to facilitate system configuration over IPMI, Kontron provides the OMVIU GUI.

OMVIU is a Java-based tool and allows remote monitoring and control of MicroTCA systems on any Java enabled platform. The intuitive GUI allows the simultaneous access to several MicroTCA shelf or carrier managers. The product supports Kontron’s entire AMC/MicroTCA portfolio and any standards compliant system (backplanes, fan units, power modules), MCH or AMC from other vendors. With OMVIU, all remote control and visualisation can be done via mouse clicks, without the deeper level of knowledge and experience required for a command line interface (CLI).

The GUI helps to create remote controlled MicroTCA systems, including extensibility for vendor-specific recognition and graphical representation of extra boards and components. With its trace and error logging facilities, it is possible to track behaviour of components with respect to conformance to standards. During development, lab evaluation and deployment, the remote system may be supervised with user notification on changes.

The MicroTCA Starterkit provides space for up to six AdvancedMCs, such as the Kontron AM4020 or the Kontron AM4120, storage or peripheral interfaces. Beyond the starter kit, Kontron also offers a variety of MicroTCA systems, which apply to entry-level designs and compact sized systems up to high-performing systems with high-speed fabrics such as PCIe, SRIO, GbE and 10GbE.

For more information visit www.kontron.com

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