IPnexus® AMP5071

1U MicroTCA® Application-Ready System

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  • 1U MicroTCA® System Supporting Up to Six AdvancedMC™ Modules
  • High Reliability, High Performance, Highly Integrated Architecture
  • Designed for Deployment in Telecom, Aerospace and Defense, Medical, Enterprise, and Industrial Control
  • Application-Ready System Minimizes Development Costs and Time:
    - Tightly integrated MicroTCA Platform, AdvancedMC™ Modules, NexusWare® Linux® OS & NexusWare® Portal

The AMP5071 is part of Performance Technologies family of IPnexus® Application-Ready Systems. It is a highly reliable, high-performance, and highly integrated 1U MicroTCA®-compliant system that maximizes payload slot density in a 1U form factor. Application-Ready Systems offer a highly integrated and comprehensive COTS-based platform, processor, storage, access, operating systems, and value-added software configured into a single, compact network system that is ideal for demanding operating environments such as telecom, wireless, aerospace and defense applications.

High-Reliability, High-Performance, and Highly Integrated Architecture

The AMP5071 supports up to six AdvancedMC module payload slots in a 1U shelf. High availability is achieved with redundant and hot-swappable power supplies and fan trays. Its cost-effective and innovative architecture integrates non-payload functions, such as the Ethernet switch, PCI Express® switch, and carrier/shelf manager into the rear of the chassis, thus eliminating the high overhead costs associated with standard MCH modules.

For applications that require high-performance connectivity, the AMP5071 features dual 1 GbE Ethernet and x4 PCI Express lanes to each slot. Storage is accommodated by direct SATA/SAS slot-to-slot connections between the AMC sites. A comprehensive suite of system management interfaces, both user-based and programmatic-based, also increase availability and reduce cost-of-ownership when systems are deployed.

IPnexus® Application-Ready Systems

Performance Technologies’ IPnexus Application-Ready Systems offer a highly integrated and comprehensive COTS-based hardware and software solution to rapidly develop and deploy value added capabilities to embedded applications. Developers can immediately begin development of their application on receipt of these systems, eliminating the time and costs normally associated with integrating, troubleshooting and configuring building blocks from one or more vendors. Application-Ready Systems come integrated with an operating system, drivers, APIs, and other value-added software options. The configurable components include a MicroTCA-based platform, AMC modules (such as compute, storage/video, and communications controllers), and the NexusWare® family of Linux software products ideal for solutions such as WiMAX, media gateways, managed WAN gateways, voice over IP (VoIP), lawful intercept, radar servers, signaling gateways, and base station controllers.

The NexusWare® Software Suite is made up of the following products:

  • NexusWare Core is a complete Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) distribution, with web-based management, GUI-based IDE, and Kernel Builder
  • NexusWare SIP is an installable Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) stack and API software package
  • NexusWare C7 is a comprehensive SS7 MTP-2 installable software package
  • NexusWare WAN protocols provides a wide range of WAN protocols



Front-to-Back Cooling Subsystem


The AMP5071 features front-to-back cooling, critical in NEBS specified installations. The hot swappable fan tray (4 fans) in the front pushes air through the AMCs, while an identical hot-swappable fan tray in the back pulls the air through the chassis and exhausts out the back. This fan configuration offers a 7+1 redundancy, such that if one fan fails, the other 7 continue to cool the system until the fan tray can be replaced. Some of the air intake is routed to the power supplies that have their own fans. The removable air intake grills allow for routine replacement of NEBS specified filters. Each slot receives an ample airflow of 1500 LFM to ensure cooling of up to 40 W per mid-size slot.

Power Subsystem

The system power is provided by dual, redundant and hot-swappable 300 W intelligent power supplies that are monitored by the platform management subsystem. The load-sharing supplies deliver up to 40 W of 12 V payload power and 3.3 V management power to each AMC site. AC and DC input options are available. An inhibit switch located in the back disables the power supply output.

Ethernet Subsystem

The onboard Ethernet Switch provides dual 1 Gb SERDES Ethernet links to Port 0 and Port 1 of each AMC site. Four
10/100/1000Mb Ethernet uplink ports are available on the back panel (RJ45). Via the Command Line Interface, Ethernet Switch
functions can be configured, including:
  • Port-Based VLANs
  • 802.1Q VLANs
  • Port Trunks (Up to four in the uplink ports and/or the port pairs to the AMC sites)
  • Port Speed, Duplex, Pause Configuration on the uplinks
  • Packet Thresholds (Broadcast Storm Suppression)
  • Quality of Service
  • Jumbo Frame Support
  • BPDU Packet Forwarding Control
  • Configuration Storage and Recovery

PCI Express® Subsystem

The Fat Pipes Ports 4-7 support x1, x2, or x4 lanes of PCI Express® (PCIe) to each AMC site. The root complex is located in the T2-S3 location. The PCIe subsystem in the AMP5071 supports hot plug capabilities (Presence Detect and in-band link state change notification). The AMP5071 provides PCIe clock distribution to each AMC site, sourced from either the root complex AMC or from the AMP5071.

SAS/SATA Storage Subsystem

The AMP5071 supports up to four storage AMC modules such as the AMC590 Video/Storage AdvancedMC® Module. SATA/SAS channels are directly connected between the AMC sites from ports 2 and 3 on the right-hand slot to port 2 on slots 1 and 2 of their respective tier.



Comprehensive Platform Management Subsystem

The carrier manager monitors, manages, and controls the AMC payload boards and the active platform functions: Ethernet, PCI Express®, Telco clock, and power and cooling subsystems. The shelf manager communicates with the carrier manager and interfaces to external management systems via an out-of-band 10/100 Mb Ethernet port located in the rear of the chassis
Five management interfaces are available:

A. User-based Interfaces:

  • NexusWare® Portal − a web-based GUI development and management tool that provides remote management and monitoring (LAN Interface)
  • IO Front Panel − offers visual information via LEDs (Physical Interface)
  • Command Line Interface (CLI) (Serial Interface from the Front Panel for Local Servicing)  

B. Programmatic-based Interfaces: 

  • Remote Management Control Protocol (RMCP) (LAN Interface)
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) (LAN Interface)

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