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Introduction – Artesyn ATCA-MF106 Installation and Use (September 2014) User Manual

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Introduction

ATCA-MF106 Installation and Use (6806800M62B)

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The ATCA-MF106 consists of the dual ATmega IPMC as a front-end to the IPMB in the shelf, and
the "Service Processor" based on a PowerQUICC, which provides the management functions.

The ATCA-MF106 is designed for redundant operation in AdvancedTCA shelves. Usually, two
ATCA-MF106 shelf managers are deployed in one shelf, one of which takes the role of active
ATCA-MF106, the other acting as standby ready to take over in case of failure of the active one.
Redundant channels for heartbeating and checkpointing between the two ATCA-MF106 are
provided.

The ATCA-MF106 shelf manager supports the following components:

Freescale’s MPC8306S PowerQUICC processor with embedded PowerPC core

ATmega128L (master) and ATmega8L (slave) micro-controllers from Atmel

64 MB SDRAM memory

64 MB redundant boot and user flash

Dual redundant IPMB interface

Two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet interfaces to the rear connector and one 10/100 Mbps
Ethernet port to the face plate

Power brick supplying 3.5 A at 3.4 V (conventionally referred as 3.3 V)

Two serial (differential) ports to the rear connector

Local temperature sensor

Block transfer interface through the FPGA

LED indicators

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C interface, analog inputs and digital I/O from ATmegas to support shelf specific

functions

Rear connector to the backplane (2 mm connector)

MicroSD memory module