CN2917100Y

CN2917100Y - ATCA system

Info

Publication number: CN2917100Y
Application number: CN 200620041059
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙刚; 谭金泉
Original assignee: Shanghai B Star Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai B-Star Broadband Technology Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2006-04-14
Filing date: 2006-04-14
Publication date: 2007-06-27
Anticipated expiration: 2016-04-14

Abstract

An ATCA system is provided, which comprises an exchange panel, a plurality of service panels and a frame management controller. The service panels are connected together through a system bus or network interface to realize inter-panel communication function. A service monitoring module and a unified network management interface module are arranged on the exchange panel. The service monitoring module is utilized to acquire, query and update system descriptions of all service panels. In addition, the unified network management interface module is provided for the unified network management access. The utility model conforms to the modularized and standardized design of the ATCA code. Meanwhile, the utility model provides unified network management entrance with friendly interface to facilitate administrators and save currently limited public network IP address resource.

Description

A kind of ATCA system

Technical field

The utility model belongs to communication technique field, is specifically related to the ATCA platform technology.

Background technology

At present, Ling Xian telecom equipment manufacturers and operator are supporting an architecture brand-new, open system in the industry, (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture is called for short AdvancedTCA, ATCA) to advanced telecom counting system structure.ATCA has issued integrated circuit board, base plate and the software specifications that is used for telecommunication apparatus of future generation: the PICMG3.0 standard.It is made up of a core specification-PICMG3.0 and a series of auxiliary standard.Core specification in the ATCA family has defined mechanism, power supply, heat radiation, interconnected, the system management part in the ATCA series of canonical; Auxiliary normative content has then defined transmission means interconnected in core specification.

ATCA mainly is a hardware specification, and its platform structure as shown in Figure 1.Among the figure, Shelf Management Controller (ShMC) be responsible for finishing to the field replacement unit in the ACTA system (Field Replaceable Units, FRU) as veneer, the management of power supply, fan, temperature sensor.Platform cooling system (Fan Tray) is responsible for system radiating.Power board (Hub) is responsible for platform data exchange and exchange control.Business board (Node) then is responsible for system's control, applied business carrying and the software support etc. of platform.

At present, to webmaster mode based on the business board of ATCA hardware platform architecture exploitation, also inherited the way to manage of traditional privately owned platform device, utilize far-end webmaster mode, by the network management interface on each business board, independently carry out network management for single business board.The system that this mode realizes, if the user will manage being integrated into a different business plate in the ATCA machine frame, he just must remember the management ip address and the port numbers of each business board, respectively they is managed for configuration then, implements very loaded down with trivial details and complicated; Simultaneously, this implementation does not meet the thought of ATCA technology yet---openingization, modularization, standardization.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this utility model is in order to overcome in the existing techniques in realizing, for be installed in each business board on the same ATCA frame, and business board and power board on PMC card (a kind of interlayer card, its main effect is the problem that will solve function modoularization and how flexible selection is provided for the user, simultaneously, the user also can be according to the variation of concrete application, easily the processor of Adjustment System, internal memory, I/O and management processor module.Present PMC card is mainly used to carry scaling option flexibly such as DSP, storage, network processes and line terminal (T1/E1 and OC-3/STM-1).) when managing, the shortcoming that need independently manage separately them.By designing management information configuration, the interaction mechanism between a kind of ATCA power board, business board, the PMC subcard, a kind of unified network management interface externally is provided, equipment manager can be by this network management interface unified, friendly interface, log on selectively on each Target Board, the subcard, and then each power board, business board, the PMC subcard that moves on this machine frame managed.

For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts following technical scheme,

A kind of ATCA system comprises power board, one or more business board, Shelf Management Controller, and described power board, business board are connected by system bus or network interface, realizes communication function between plate.Described power board is provided with a monitor service module and united net management interface module, and described monitor service module is used to obtain, inquire about, upgrade the system description information of each business board, and described united net management interface module is used for united net management and inserts.

Wherein, described monitor service module is provided with one or more in GUI, TELNET, the WEB interface.

Wherein, described system description information comprises the groove position positional information at business board place, the major function introduction that business board is realized, the description of business board way to manage.Wherein, the description of business board way to manage refers to be with information such as inside/outside webmaster IP address, service port number.

The utility model not only meets ATCA standard modularization, standardized design philosophy; Simultaneously, provide the united net management inlet of friendly interface, make things convenient for the keeper to operate; In addition, provide the single external network management interface IP of ATCA machine frame address, rather than, can save limited public network IP address resources at present for each business board/card all provides external management public network IP address.

Further specify the utility model below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is existing ATCA platform structure schematic diagram;

Fig. 2 is a power board webmaster schematic diagram in the utility model ATCA system;

Fig. 3 is power board, business board, a SHMC connection diagram in the utility model ATCA system;

Fig. 4 is for being business board when starting working, initiatively the reporting information flow chart;

Fig. 5 is power board timing inquiry business board status and reads the business board information flow chart;

Fig. 6 is the flow chart that the user manages business board by the Telnet mode;

Fig. 7 is the flow chart that the user manages business board by the Web mode;

Fig. 8 is the flow chart that the user manages business board by the GUI mode.

Embodiment

A kind of ATCA system comprises power board (as shown in Figure 2), polylith business board, Shelf Management Controller, platform cooling system.Described power board, business board are connected by system bus or network interface.Described power board is provided with a monitor service module and united net management interface module, and described monitor service module is used to obtain, inquire about, upgrade the system description information of each business board, and described united net management interface module is used for united net management and inserts.Described monitor service module is provided with described monitor service module and is provided with in GUI, TELNET, the WEB interface one or more.Described system description information comprises the groove position positional information at business board place, the major function introduction that business board is realized, the description of business board way to manage.

For further specifying the ATCA main hardware structure, the connected mode of Hub plate, Node plate and Shelf Management Controller (SHMC) is described below in conjunction with Fig. 3.Usually power board comprises CPU, a plurality of PMC card, exchange chip (SW), an IPMC (single-chip microcomputer, be used to connect SHMC and loading plate (hub plate and node plate), the PMC cartoon of power board is crossed pci bus and is linked to each other with CPU, links to each other with exchange chip (SW) by gigabit Ethernet mouth (GE).

Wherein, the hardware configuration and the power board of business board are basic identical, comprise CPU, a plurality of PMC card, exchange chip (SW), IPMC (single-chip microcomputer), the PMC cartoon of power board is crossed pci bus and is linked to each other with CPU, links to each other with exchange chip (SW) by gigabit Ethernet mouth (GE).

The exchange chip of power board (SW) links to each other with the exchange chip (SW) of business board by core bus.The IPMC of power board links to each other with the IPMC of business board by Shelf Management Controller (SHMC).

Described monitor service module and united net management interface module mainly are implemented on the CPU on the power board, and the access of modes such as Telnet, Web, GUI is provided.And obtain, inquire about, upgrade the system description information of each business board by the exchange chip on the power board.

The realization flow of above-mentioned ATCA system (the connection block diagram between power board, business board, the chassis management module (SHMC) can referring to shown in Figure 3) may further comprise the steps:

1) the monitor service module on the power board is by core bus, obtains the system description information of each business board that the work at present of this machine frame;

2) the monitor service module on the power board is logined main interface according to the system description information organization webmaster that obtains.

As shown in Figure 4, the described monitor service module mode of obtaining each service board system descriptor comprises and initiatively reports and regularly inquire about dual mode.

Wherein, business board active report flow may further comprise the steps as shown in Figure 4:

(1) the NODE plate powers on and starts working;

(2) report this plate system description information;

(3) power board monitor service module receives relevant information;

(4) the main interface of login of structure Telnet, Web, GUI;

(5) power board is monitored different webmaster requests.

Monitor service module regularly querying flow may further comprise the steps as shown in Figure 5:

(1) power board is inquired about each single-board operation state;

Does (2) single board state change in the machine frame? if not, then change step (1), if then enter step (3);

Is (3) certain veneer no longer worked? if not, then change step (5), if then enter step (4);

(4) revise the corresponding main interface information of management;

(5) increase certain piece veneer newly? if not, then change step (1), if then enter step (6);

Has (6) newly-increased veneer initiatively reported information? if, then change step (1), if not, then enter step (7);

(7) initiatively initiate the Query Information request;

(8) successful inquiring? if, then change step (1), if not, then enter step (9);

(9) reporting errors changes step (1).

The webmaster means of far-end mainly contain Telnet, Web, three kinds of modes of GUI at present, and the agreement of realization is respectively Telnet, Http, GUI, and the socket that these three kinds of webmaster modes all are based on the TCP/UDP agreement uses.Above-mentioned three kinds of implementations are basic identical on principle, illustrate implementation of the present utility model in this telemanagement in the Telnet mode.As shown in Figure 6, for Http, GUI mode, can contrast Fig. 7, Fig. 8.

For the telemanagement of Telnet mode, it may further comprise the steps:

The first step: the monitor service module on the power board is collected business board information; For example, the related system descriptor of each business board, PMC subcard on this ATCA machine frame, the collection mode of wherein system description information can adopt Fig. 2 business board initiatively to report regularly two kinds of modes that combine of query pattern of pattern and Fig. 3 power board;

Second step: power board is according to the information of collecting, and structure Telnet logins homepage.Wherein logining the difference of main interface according to software programming, can be the graph window formula, also can be character style;

The 3rd step: monitoring users request.The user will be configured, when managing, at first by the united net management interface module, sign in to the Telnet service (Telnet Server) of the monitor service module correspondence on this machine frame power board by Telnet the business board on certain ATCA machine frame;

The 4th step: as user's login, and after the authentification of user success, the Telnet Server on the power board provides Telnet and logins main interface, and prompting user management mode.Manage each NODE support plate in current this ATCA of the being installed in machine frame of main interface description, the functional description that the PMC subcard is realized, the physical location in machine frame or the like system description information and corresponding information such as administration order prompting.For example, prompting user, the EPON that is based on Ethernet (GEPON) plate of the current installation in No. 1 groove position (SLOT 1);

The 5th step: set up the connection between the business board Telnet Server that user and Ta select.For example, the user will manage the GEPON plate of No. 1 current installation in groove position, just input " SLOT 1 " behind current telnet command prompt, and carriage return gets final product then.After Telnet Server on the power board received this order, by the Telnet agency, the Telnet Server that ensuing Telnet webmaster interactive information is transmitted on the GEPON plate CPU that operates in No. 1 groove position handled.

The 6th step: if the user finishes this business board configuration, management, for example, " SLOT 1 " groove position configuration, management are finished, and then configuration to this business board is withdrawed from input " Quit " behind the telnet command prompt, and the Telnet webmaster that turns back to power board is served main interface.And provide Telnet and login main interface, prompting user management mode;

The 7th step:, then went to for the 3rd step if the user selects other plates are configured; If the user selects to withdraw from, then finish this webmaster operation, the Telnet that disconnects with this user connects.Power board Telnet Server continues to monitor other users' webmaster request.

Claims

1, a kind of ATCA system, comprise power board, one or more business board, Shelf Management Controller, described power board, business board are connected by system bus or network interface, it is characterized in that: described power board is provided with a monitor service module and united net management interface module, described monitor service module is used to obtain, inquire about, upgrade the system description information of each business board, and described united net management interface module is used for united net management and inserts.

2, a kind of ATCA according to claim 1 system, it is characterized in that: described monitor service module is provided with one or more in GUI, TELNET, the WEB interface.