atca vs. blade servers a battle rages for your next generation hardware platform (h-01)
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ATCA vs. Blade ServersA battle rages for your next generation hardware platform (H-01)
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AudioCodes at a Glance
13 Years of Operation Focused on VoP Media Gateway & Media Server Technology and Systems
Adding Session Border controller
Over 15 Million Channels Shipped to Over 75 CountriesLeader in Innovation and Quality of VoP Solutions
Executing, Profitable and GrowingNASDAQ: AUDC; Public since 1999Over 4 years of consecutive quarterly growthImproving Operating Model, 13% of Sales$143M in Cash~ 730 Employees and Growing
• Global PresenceHQ & R&D in Israel;
R&D extensions in the USA (NC, NJ, CA, TX) and the UK
Sales & Support Offices in US (7 offices), Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, UK, Germany, Russia, China, Singapore, India, Korea, Japan
Employee Geographical Breakdown: Nth & Sth America 240 EMEA 470 APAC 22
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A Battle Rages
Blade ServersATCA
Telecom ApplicationsMarket
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ATCA – What is it?
• Platform for both telecom and computing applications• High Availability features• Specified by PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers
Group (PICMG 3.0)• Successor to cPCI• ETSI and NEBS-ready• Many redundancy features• Highly Scalable• Centralized management
Alliance Systems ATCA Chassis
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ATCA Physical Form Factor
• Dimensions:– Front board size 8U x 280 mm– Rear board size 8U x 70 mm
• Connects directly to front board
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ATCA – Benefits for Telecom
• Larger physical board– More usable board space
• 200W / board– Faster / more processors
• Improved mechanical design– Better heat dissipation– Interface to rear transition
modules
• 1Gbps Base Interface• Choice of Fabric Interfaces
– Ethernet, Fibre Channel, StarFabric, PCI-Express, RapidIO
• Separate IPMI managementAudioCodes TP-12610
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ATCA vs. CPCI
Attribute PICMG 2.16 (cPCI/CPSB) PICMG 3 ATCA
Size 6U x 160mm x .8” ; 57 sq in 8U x 280mm x 1.2”; 140 sq in
Mezzanine 2 x PMC 4 x PMC ; 8x AMC
Power 35-50W, central converter 5/12/3.3V on backplane
150-200W, distributed converter Dual 48V on Backplane
Bandwidth 38 Gb/s 2.4 Tb/s
Managment OK Advanced
Clocks, update bus No Yes
Regulatory conformance
Vendor specific In-standrad
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ATCA Interfaces
• Zone 1– Power – Dual 48V, distributed conversion– Management – Dual redundant IPMB– Keying
• Zone 2 – Base interface – Dual star GBETH for control (CPSB
like)– Fabric interface – PICMG 3.X– Update channel – between adjacent slots for 1+1
redundancy– Clocks – 8KHz,19.4MHz,GP,
dual redundant
• Zone 3 – Vendor-specific Rear connections– Backplane is open
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ATCA Fabric Interface Types
The Fabric is Dedicated for Bearer Data:– Packet voice (IP/ATM)– TDM voice (H110 - like)
PICMG 3.X – 3.1 – Ethernet and Fiber Channel – 1GBit/s
Very common and widely supportedo TDM and ATM support problematic
– 3.2 – InfiniBand, 2.5Gb/s– 3.3 – StarFabric, 2.5Gb/s
Designated for TDM, Packet and PCI transporto Questionable availability so faro Supported by StarGen only
– 3.4 – PCI-Express & Advanced Switching Targeted to all types of Fabric applications PCI-express Widely supported – Driven by PC industry Sponsored by Intel, Alcatel, Siemens etc.o Chipsets still NA
– 3.5 – RapidIO & Advanced Fabric Interface, 2Gb/s
The Big Question: Which one will dominate?
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ATCA Market Forecast
Merchant ATCA CPU Blades, Currentand Projected Markets,2005-2010
(US$ in Millions)2005-2010 CAGR: 88.27%
$130.2
$78.8
$41.2
$0
$25
$50
$75
$100
$125
$150
2005 2006 2007
Source: VDC
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Advanced Mezzanine Card
• Modular hot-swap cards– Processor Resources– DSP Resources– Packet Processors– PSTN Network Interfaces– WAN Interfaces– Serial Interfaces– Disk storage– and more
GE FanucProcessor AMC
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Advanced Mezzanine Card
• Promise of Mix-n-match– CPU Blades– Carrier Blades
• Enables “one-blade” applications
• Core of the MicroTCA architecture
Diagram courtesy PICMG
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MicroTCA
• Platform to host multiple AMCs• Range of Sizes
– Single wide– Double wide
• Applications– Telecommunications– Military– Industrial
GE FanucMicroTCA Chassis
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Blade Servers
• Packaging multiple serversinto one physical chassis,sharing common storagenetworking, and management resources.
• Value Proposition– Reduces cabling/clutter– Reduces power consumption– Easier to manage– Simplifies upgrades/replacements
• Focus is on Servers• Manufactured by IBM, Intel, Dell, HP, Sun…• Mostly proprietary• Little interoperability between vendors
IBM BladeCenter
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Blade Server Market
Incompatible
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Blade Server Market
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Chassis Options
BladeCenter
BladeCenter T
BladeCenter H
BladeCenter HT
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Resources Available
For IBM BladeServer:
AudioCodesTP-1650 Media Gateway
IBM PCI Expansion Unit (PEU)
GE Fanuc AMC Carrier
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Market Situation
Cost
# Available Software Applications
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Comparison: ATCA vs. Blade Servers
Feature / Capability ATCABlade Servers
Commercial Volumes No Yes
Modular (AMC / MicroTCA) Yes Limited
Enterprise and Telco versions No Yes
Chassis Management Yes Yes
Telecom-friendly Rear Transition Modules
Yes Limited
NEBS Yes Some
Interoperability / Open Specification High Low
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Where will they fit?
Telecom Applications ATCA Fit Blade Server Fit
Billing / Management Too expensive Excellent
Applications Good Good
Access / Edge Excellent Poor
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Other Interesting Facts:
Intel is investing heavily in ATCA Sun abandon their proprietary blade server and has
adopted ATCA HP has strong telecom history/partnerships HP has struck a deal with Intel to deliver ATCA IBM has opened up the BladeCenter specification via
IEEE and Blade.org IBM is aggressively working
with a range of ISV partners
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Questions?
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