The SL2-BRASS is a 9-port Gigabit Ethernet switch on a peripheral slot card for CompactPCI® Serial systems. The on-board Marvell® 88E6390 GbE switch provides a rich feature set and includes an integrated microprocessor to enable lightly managed switches.
While four 1000Base-T GbE ports are wired to associated M12 X-coded front panel receptacles, another four GbE ports are available for backplane communication via the CompactPCI® Serial connector P6.
M12 X-coded connectors are optimized for industrial applications, and also for railway usage. X-coded cables and connectors comprise four data signal pairs and comply with Cat6A. Hence, M12 X-coded installations are ready for the forthcoming 2.5/5/10G Ethernet.
As an option, the SL2-BRASS is available with an Intel® I210-IS Gigabit Ethernet controller (NIC) in addition, which is internally connected to an SGMII/Serdes port of the GbE switch. Usage of the NIC is based on a PCIe Express® enabled CompactPCI® Serial slot (via backplane connector P1).
The Gigabit Ethernet switch provides latest features such as 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB/TSN) and Quality of Service (QoS) support.
Multiple SL2-BRASS boards on a suitable CompactPCI® Serial backplane can be cascaded to a switch fabric with a scalable number of GbE ports, with or w/o a CPU card on the backplane system slot. When completed with a CompactPCI® Serial CPU board and an LTE module carrier card, a high performance router system can be configured.
As the main component, the SL2-BRASS is equipped with a Marvell® 88E6390 Gigabit Ethernet switch. This device provides eight ports with integrated Gigabit Ethernet transceivers (PHY) and another three MAC ports with digital interfaces (2 x SerDes/SGMII, 1 x RGMII).
A total of nine GbE ports are in use on-board, wired to the front panel receptacles (4), and the CompactPCI® Serial backplane connector P6 (up to 4). One of the SerDes ports is connected internally to the optional on-board Gigabit Ethernet controller.
The SL2-BRASS can be inserted into any CompactPCI® Serial peripheral slot. A single PCI Express® lane would be sufficient for communication via the on-board Gigabit Ethernet controller. The CompactPCI® Serial backplane connector P1 is populated anyway, for +12V power supply.
The backplane connector P6 will be provided as an option, to be used with a Gigabit Ethernet star architecture, which would allow to cascade up to eight SL2-BRASS cards with or w/o need of a CPU card.
Features
- PICMG® CompactPCI® Serial standard (CPCI-S.0) peripheral slot card
- Single size Eurocard 3U 4HP 100x160mm2
- CompactPCI® Serial Backplane Connectors P1, P6
- Suitable for PCIe x 1 standard peripheral slots (for option on-board NIC)
- Suitable for CompactPCI® Serial backplane with star archtitecture Ethernet (P6)
Front Panel I/O
- 4 x M12 X-coded front panel GbE receptacles, rail approved, Cat6A, IEC 61076-2-109
- 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T compliant data transfer rate front ports
- Future proof investment into cabling infrastructure - up to 10Gbps with M12 Cat6A
- M12 X-coded to RJ45 connector Cat6A cable assemblies available from several suppliers
Backplane I/O (Option)
- CompactPCI® Serial backplane connector P1 used for PCI Express® x 1 lane to optional Intel® I210-IS Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Option GbE backplane communication - CompactPCI® Serial backplane connector P6 used for 4 x GbE over backplane
- CompactPCI® Serial star type Ethernet architecture backplane suitable for control via system slot CPU card, up to eight SL2-BRASS individually connected to system slot CPU P6 Ethernet ports, for a total of up to 32 x M12 linked front panel switch ports (link type depends on CPU card P6 solution either switch or NIC)
- CompactPCI® Serial star type Ethernet architecture backplane suitable for cascading of up to five SL2-BRASS w/o CPU card, one SL2-BRASS master (system slot) is wired via P6 to a maximum of four SL2-BRASS slave boards (peripheral slots), for a total of up to 20 x M12 directly interconnected front panel switch ports
- CompactPCI® Serial backplane w/o P6, suitable for CPU control over up to eight SL2-BRASS by means of the optional on-board NIC, for a total of up to 32 x M12 front panel switch ports, for highest application flexibility (routers, LAN segmentation e.g.)
Typical Applications
- Scalable (modular) GbE switching based on 19-inch rack mounting
- Light in-band management
- Railway usage via front panel M12 cabling
- Industrial IoT networking - TSN
Please refer to the attached datasheet for more details
Ordering Options
Manuf. Part No | | Part Description |
SL2-0100-BRASS | | 3U/4HP, GbE switch, 4 x M12 circular F/P connector, on-board NIC via P1 conform EN50155 T1 incl. coating |
SL2-0200-BRASS | | 3U/4HP, GbE switch, 4 x M12 circular F/P connector, on-board NIC via P1 4 x GbE via P6 backplane port conform EN50155 T1 incl. coating |
SL2-0300-BRASS | | 3U/4HP, GbE switch, 4 x M12 circular F/P connector, 4 x GbE via P6 backplane port conform EN50155 T1 incl. coating |
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