Kontron AM4311 - Manual (Page 17)

Introduction
Page 2 AM4311 User Guide
1. Introduction
The Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) described in this manual operates with the Advanced Telecommunica-
tions Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA® or ATCA) and the Micro Telecommunications Computing Archi-
tecture (MicroTCA or uTCA) defined by the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG). The main
advantages of AdvancedTCA include high throughput, multi-protocol support, high-power capability, hot
swappability, high scalability, and integrated system management. For further information regarding the Ad-
vancedTCA/MicroTCA standards and their use, please consult the complete AdvancedTCA specification or visit
the PICMG web site.
1.1 Board Overview
The AM4311 is a PIGMG AMC.0 R1.0 compliant Advanced Mezzanine Card with 4x 1000Base-X SFP modules.
The main application of this module is to direct-connect GbE ports from an AMC connector of an AMC carrier
or a μTCA system to the front. The AM4311 selects 4 of 8 GbE ports from the Carrier. It can be used in μTCA as
well as ATCA environments.
1.2 Board Diagrams
The following diagram provides additional information concerning board functionality and component lay-
out.
1.2.1 Functional Block Diagram
The following figure shows the block diagram of the AM4311.
Figure 1-1: AM4311 Functional Block Diagram
The Uplink Infrastructure supports 4x 1000Base-X SFP uplink ports which are connected via a MUX to 8 AMC
ports.
SFP Transceiver Cage Port 1
MUX
AMC Port 0
AMC Port 1
AMC Port 4
AMC Port 9
AMC Port 11
AMC Port 10
SFP Transceiver Cage Port 2
SFP Transceiver Cage Port 3
SFP Transceiver Cage Port 4
C0
C1
C2
C3
AMC Port 20
B0
B1
B2
B3
A0
A1
A2
A3
AMC Port 8