RECAB to Represent Nordic Countries in Sealevel’s SeaPARTNER Network

After a recent search for new channel partners, Sealevel Systems, Inc. is pleased to welcome RECAB to our SeaPARTNER international network. RECAB, a leading provider of advanced computing solutions within the embedded market, was chosen to strengthen Sealevel’s presence in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.

Established in 1996, RECAB is a privately held company with offices in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The company enhances existing platforms and building blocks from global manufacturers to fit to a customer’s requirements. RECAB serves the industries of maritime and offshore, automation, defense, vehicle (land, air and maritime), emerging energy, medical and communications – all of which are core markets for Sealevel.

“RECAB is a perfect fit for Sealevel, having a large customer base and operating in all the markets where Sealevel thrive around the world.  RECAB offer value add services along with standard product distribution, and their highly skilled sales engineers will bring much knowledge to customer applications.” said James Priest, International Sales Manager for Sealevel.

Sealevel’s international partners, known as SeaPARTNERS, are part of an exclusive worldwide group who have earned the right to distribute Sealevel products. For their expertise and dedication, Sealevel guarantees top-quality products, full service support and online access to everything their partners need for success.

Sealevel Systems, founded in 1986, provides industrial computing solutions in addition to a variety of communications and I/O products including PCI Bus cards, Ethernet serial servers, USB serial adapters, PCMCIA cards, and PC/104 modules. The product line includes multi-port RS-232, RS-422/485, RS-232/422/485 multi-interface high-speed sync/async, and digital/relay I/O. For more information, visit www.sealevel.com or call James Priest, International Sales Manager, at +1 864-843-4343.
 

The new Kontron Gigabit Ethernet Switch VX3910 offers 3U VPX (VITA 46.x) and OpenVPX™ (VITA 65) platforms Enterprise-Class Switching functionality with a total of 28 Gigabit Ethernet ports and advanced management features.

With its implemented Kontron Embedded Network Technology, which offers the same advanced feature set and operational interfaces across multiple form factors, it simplifies IPv4/v6 inter-and intra-platform networking, reducing both time-to-market and development efforts for open application-ready and long-term available COTS platforms.

Short facts:
- Non blocking Gigabit Ethernet Switch

- Fully managed L2 solution (L3 upgradable)

- 3x 1000BASE-T Uplinks on front panel

- up to 24x 1000BASE-BX to the rear

- Enterprise Class switching functions

- 10/100/1000BASE-T Management Port

The non-blocking fully managed L2/L3 Gigabit Switch Kontron VX3910, with its 20x Gigabit ports to the backplane offers the highest port density for the implementation of various network topologies in 3U appliances. Four additional 2.5-Gigabit ports to the backplane simplify a redundant system architecture with multiple switches with no single point of failure. The four 1000 Base-T uplinks on the front panel, one dedicated for out-of-band management, expand the range to a total of 28 ports. The new Kontron Gigabit Ethernet Switch VX3910 is available in an air-cooled version for ambient temperatures from 0°C to +55°C and in a rugged conduction-cooled version for the extended temperature range from -40°C to + 85°C.

The Kontron VX3910 allows flexible implementation of network-centric situational-awareness and High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) applications in markets including military, medical, energy, and in autonomous systems such as UAVs and AUVs. Also, complex Vetronics applications (Vehicle Electronics), extremely rugged embedded multiprocessing systems, as well as Rapidly Deployable Networks in VPX and mixed VPX/VME environments are among the target applications.

The Kontron Gigabit Ethernet Switch VX3910, with its single-chip Broadcom switching solution offers an unparalleled price/performance ratio. Equipped with an AMCC PowerPC switch controller and individually customizable software environment and comprehensive firmware, it is flexibly configurable to the individual needs of customer specific installations.

The Kontron VX3910 supports all relevant standards, such as L2 and optional L3 switching, including extensive VLAN support with VLAN tagging (IEEE 802.3ac), dynamic VLAN registration with GARP/GVRP (IEEE 802.1Q) and Protocol based VLANs (IEEE 802.1v) as well as QoS (IEEE 802.1p). It also supports numerous optional routing protocols such as OSPFv2, RIPv2, VRRP, VLAN routing and DHCP relay for an accessible network of different network segments.

Highest availability is guaranteed through in- and out-of-band management via SNMP, Telnet and command line interface via the frontside10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45) ports. Also available for management and debug are the EIA-232 ports on the front panel, which can also be routed to the backplane. Two master/slave capable I²C buses allow communication with VPX System Monitoring Boards (SMB).

The new, robust Kontron MicroTCA™ platforms OM6090D and OM7090D, which conform to MTCA.1, are specifically designed for high-end AdvancedMCs™ and feature an outstanding 10 Gbit/s Ethernet switched backplane enabling the highest data flow rate.
In their maximum configuration, both systems can be fitted with up to 36 Intel® XEON® processor cores and a full 216 GB of RAM.

The modular 19-inch 6U MicroTCA™ platforms are redundant and compliant with the MTCA.1 specification for applications with the highest demands for robustness, availability, and performance. Applications include infrastructure nodes for mobile telephony, public safety engineering, medical, and military. Typical end-point applications include “Network in a box” or Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for rural and remote communication systems supporting CDMA, GSM, 3G and VoIP across HLR/HSS, RNC, and Gateway applications. The Kontron platforms are also ideal for Rapidly Deployable Mobile Networks, radar, sonar, and video data processing. These applications will benefit from the densely-packed computing power of hot-swappable AdvancedMC™ modules and board-to-board dual-star switching beyond 1 GBit/s.

The Kontron MicroTCA™ platforms OM6090D and OM7090D are based on the same compact chassis (266 x 428 x 365 mm), which is equipped with four rear-mounted extraction fans. Both MTCA.1 compliant platforms provide nine double-width slots for AdvancedMC™ modules and two slots for redundant MicroTCA™ Carrier Hub (MCH) configurations (up to 80 Watts). The Kontron OM6090D supports up to three pluggable AC-PSUs offering load balancing. For redundant power management, the Kontron OM7090D can be configured with two (one active + one standby) or three (two active + one standby) power management modules.

Equipped with Kontron AdvancedMC™ modules, OEM customers are able to obtain pre-validated application-ready platforms from Kontron at any time and all from a single source, which drastically reduces their time to market. Dedicated modules for the platforms are the Kontron Kontron MicroTCA™ Carrier Hub AM4910, which supports 10 GbE Ethernet switching and CPU modules such as the Kontron AdvancedMC™ processor module AM5030 (Intel® Xeon® processor LC5518) or the Kontron AdvancedMC™ processor module AM5010 (Intel® Core™2 Duo). The AMC slots can also accommodate Kontron’s AdvancedMC™ storage module AM5500, a MTCA.1 module with up to 1 Terabyte storage capacity that can also be fitted with extremely robust solid state drives (SSD) as an alternative to two 2.5" SATA HDDs. The module is ideal for applications that demand a high resistance to shock and vibration. This allows the Kontron OM6090D and OM7090D to be configured as extremely robust storage systems with a capacity of up to 9 Terabytes.

 

Product spotlight on FWA-6500 Network Appliances platform from Advantech

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500/5600 Series 2U 10 GbE Network Server. Built upon functionality and capability, the FWA-6500 system provides the high performance and feature set required for dual processor-based high-end network communication appliances with configuration options optimized for intensive computing, high energy-efficiency and high speed I/O bandwidth. The Intel Xeon Dual/Quad/6-Core processors are based on the Intel QuickPath Interconnect architecture and VT technology designed to improve performance in a virtual environment. They support DDR3 1066/1333 Registered ECC memory, and the memory controller is embedded in the processor.

Main Features
•Two 2, 4 or 6-Core Intel® Xeon® processors, 5500 or 5600 series
•12 x DDR3 1066/1333 Registered ECC Memory up to 96 GB
•4 x FRU modules by the PCI-express x8 gen.2 connectors
•FRU module includes 4ports RJ45/SFP GE NIC module, 2ports SFP + 10GE NIC module and 8ports RJ45/SFP
•2 x PCI-E full-height/ half-length add-on cards
•2 x 2.5" removable SATA HDD (3.5" removable SATA HDD for option)
•Supports Remote Management IPMI2.0 compliant