Journal Article

PUBDB-2015-03434

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Fenner, M.DESY* ; Ludwig, F.DESY* ; Mavric, U.DESY* ; Mielczarek, A.>Extern* ; Napieralski, A. ; Perek, P.>Extern* ; Schlarb, H.DESY* ; Makowski, D. (Corresponding author)

2015
IEEE New York, NY

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1109/TNS.2015.2408452

Abstract: The Micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture (MTCA) standard is a modern platform that is gaining popularity in the area of High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments.The standard provides extensive management, monitoring and diagnostics functionalities. The hardware control and Monitoring is based on the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), that was initially developed for supervision of complex computers operation. The original IPMI specification was Extended to support functions required by the MTCA specification.The Module Management Controller (MMC) is required on each Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) installed in MTCA chassis. The Rear Transition Modules (RTMs) have to be equipped with RTM Management Controllers (RMCs) which is required by the MTCA.4 subsidiary specification. The commercially available implementations of MMC and RMC are expensive and do not provide the complete functionality that is required by specificHEP applications. Therefore, many research centers and Commercial companies work on their own implementation of AMC and RTM controllers. The available implementations suffer because of lack of common approach and interoperability problems. Since both Lodz University of Technology (TUL) and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) have long-term experience in developing ATCA and MTCA hardware, the authors decided to develop a unified solution of management controller fully compliant with AMC and MTCA.4 standards. The MMC v1.00 solution is dedicated for management of AMC and RTM modules. The MMC v1.00 is based on Atmel ATxmega MCUs and can be fully customized by the user or used as a drop-in-module without any modifications. The paper discusses the functionality of the MMC v1.00 solution. The implementation was verified with developed evaluation kits for AMC and RTM cards.

Note: (c) IEEE

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Strahlkontrollen (MSK)

Research Program(s):

1. 631 - Accelerator R & D (POF3-631) (POF3-631)

Experiment(s):

1. Facility (machine) XFEL
2. Facility (machine) FLASH

Appears in the scientific report 2015

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Database coverage:
; ; Current Contents - Engineering, Computing and Technology ; Current Contents - Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences ; IF < 5 ; JCR ; SCOPUS ; Science Citation Index ; Science Citation Index Expanded ; Thomson Reuters Master Journal List ; Web of Science Core Collection

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