Description
The ATC104 is an AdvancedTCA carrier that provides eight compact size AMC slots that can accept any AMC.1 or AMC.2. In addition, slot B4 and slot B3 also have their AMC.3 routed together.
The ATC104 can be connected via the PCIe up/downstream port to other server blades or additional carriers such as the ATC103/ATC104/ATC105/ATC106/ATC107/ATC108 or ATC109. The ATC104 can be utilized in distributed as well as non-distributed applications. Any of the ATC104 slots can be used as the upstream port for a PrAMC (Processor AMC) as the root complex. If the root complex is not a PrAMC, the ATC104 may use an external blade as its root complex. The ATC104 supports Non-Transparent mode on any of its AMC slots. This feature allows two root complexes to co-exist in the same system. In addition, the ATC104 has a managed layer two switch GbE switch which connects to seven of the AMC slots.
The ATC104 can be configured as a Shelf Manager or a Node board. As a Shelf Manger, the ATC104 eliminates the need for other shelf managers which reduces the total system cost. The shelf manager implements IPMI management, FRU management, and shelf environment management for power, thermal, E-keying, etc.
