An NP-Based Router for the Open Network Lab Hardware John DeHart
Hardware Promentum™ ATCA-7010 (NP Blade): Two Intel IXP2850 NPs 1.4 GHz Core 700 MHz Xscale Each NPU has: 3x256MB RDRAM, 533 MHz 3 Channels Address space is striped across all three. 4 QDR II SRAM Channels Channels 1, 2 and 3 populated with 8MB each running at 200 MHz 16KB of Scratch Memory 16 Microengines Instruction Store: 8K 40-bit wide instructions Local Memory: 640 32-bit words TCAM: Network Search Engine (NSE) on SRAM channel 0 Each NPU has a separate LA-1 Interface Part Number: IDT75K72234 18Mb TCAM Rear Transition Module (RTM) Connects via ATCA Zone 3 10 1GE Physical Interfaces Supports Fiber or Copper interfaces using SFP modules.
Hardware ATCA Chassis NP Blade RTM
NP Blades
ONL Router Architecture Each NPU is one 5-port Router ONL Chassis has no switch Blade 1Gb/s Links on RTM connect to external ONL switch(es) / 5x1Gb/s NPUA / 5x1Gb/s SPI NPUB RTM 7010 Blade