The VadaTech UTC004 is the most feature-rich MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH) in the market. Its management software is based on VadaTech’s robust Carrier Manager and Shelf Manager which have been deployed for years with proven results. The MCMC manages the Power Modules, Cooling Units, and up to 12 AMCs within the chassis. It also manages the optional PCIe Gen3, SRIO Gen2, 40GbE/10GbE or Crossbar Fat Pipe switches as well as the standard 1GbE with 10GbE uplink Base Channel switch. The Ethernet switches are managed with an enterprise grade Layer 3 switching/routing stack and support Synchronous Ethernet.

The UTC004 runs Linux on its centralized quad-core CPU and is hot-swappable/fully redundant when used in conjunction with a second instance of the module. The firmware is HPM.2 compliant which allows for easy upgrades. It provides Master JTAG services to the AMCs via the JSM. The UTC004 has advanced clocking features including grand master clock and high-quality clock distribution/synthesis.

• Highest speed (40G/10G) MCH in the marketplace

• Crossbar clock matrix for low jitter, cleanest signals

• On-board high performance PLL synthesizer for generating any clock frequency

• Sophisticated clocking features enabling GPS/IEEE1588/SyncE/NTP Grand Master Clock

• Virtual JTAG capability for remote programming and debugging

• Single module, full size per AMC.0

• Unified 1GHz quad-core CPU for MCMC (MicroTCA Carrier Management Controller), Shelf Manager, Clocking, and Fabric management

• Automatic fail-over with redundant UTC004s

• 1GbE base switch with dual 100/1000/10G uplink

• Full Layer 3 managed Ethernet switches

• Non-blocking PCIe Gen 3, SRIO Gen 2, 10GbE/40GbE, or Crossbar Switch option to AMC fat pipes with options for up to 40GbE uplink

• Low-jitter M-LVDS clock distribution crossbar matrix

• PLL synthesizer for generating any clock frequency disciplined to GPS/SyncE/IEEE1588