VTX950

The VTX950 is a 1U Open VPX chassis with two 3U VPX payload slots. It can accept 0.8-inch, 0.85-inch and 1.0-inch pitch modules and is ideal for commercial deployment. The Chassis incorporates a VadaTech third generation shelf manager that provides tier 2 health management. The VTX950 can accept conduction cooled modules in both IEEE1101.1 and VITA 48 pitch (support for both 1” and 0.8” pitch).

A layer 2 GbE switch supports 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol, 802.1W Rapid Spanning Tree, 802.1s Multiple VLAN Spanning Tree, programmable per-port VLAN configurations, 802.1Q, etc. The switch supports IEEE1588V2 and has two Ports to each of the VPX modules and two Ports to the front of the chassis via RJ-45.

The module accepts GPS antenna input or other clocking options as input/output to the chassis and generation of any clock frequency to the backplane for the VPX modules clock references.

Intel Xeon-D SoC (Skylake-D) D-2183IT

The VTX950 features integrated Intel processing for demanding applications, based on the Intel Xeon D-2183IT. The efficient SoC design includes low power consumption and integrated PCH technology. The four dedicated memory controllers provide a total of 64 GB of memory to the system with ECC.

The Unit provides dual 10GBASE-T, dual USB 3.0 and a VGA port on the front panel and dual PCIe Gen3 x8 to each of the VPX modules. The CPU also features 1 TB of NVMe removable storage.

The BIOS allows booting from the NVMe, PXE boot and USB.

The Health Management is one of the most sophisticated offered on the market with Server Management capabilities. It allows for Remote Management via Ethernet, redirect of the video over IP to monitor the boot process remotely, Serial Over LAN (SOL), etc.

JTAG Master/JTAG via Ethernet Virtual Probe

The VTX950 provides JTAG Master Capability. Data streams sent out via the chassis JTAG Switch Module (JSM) configure arbitrary JTAG Slave devices on VPX cards. Virtual Probe services are available as an option to provide JTAG via Ethernet for Xilinx FPGAs. This allows for standard development tools such as Xilinx iMPACT/ChipScope to treat the switch/JSM combination as if it were a standard JTAG probe. This approach frees the developer from having to attach JTAG probes directly to the VPX module or JSM which can be difficult when systems are already fully assembled. It also allows for remote debugging across long distances without the need to install additional JTAG equipment on-site.

Power Supplies

The VTX950 has a 500W AC universal input power supply that provides 100W per slot.

Cooling and Temperature Sensors

The VTX950 is designed to meet the ANSI/VITA 65 standard. It provides right to left push/pull cooling (18 CFM per payload slot at 0.24 in-H2O @ 5000 feet) to the VPX payload and RTM slots. The Chassis has a removable Air Filter at the front.

Backplane

The backplane provides two 3U VPX payload slots in a star configuration, fully compliant to VITA 46.0 baseline specification, with additional support to the RTMs, compliant to VITA 46.10 and OpenVPX VITA 65. VadaTech is open to modify the backplane to meet customer requirements.