Management Plane:
The IC-CMC-VPX3b supports a Board Management Controller (BMC) providing TIER-2 IPMC features as per VITA46.11.
The BMC’s RS232 Maintenance Port (VPX P1) can be changed to LVCMOS on demand (factory configuration).
Rear IOs:
PMC/XMC Rear I/O Fabric Signal Mapping:
2 different Carrier pin field options (as per VITA46.9-2018) are available depending on part numbers:
P2w1-P64s: 64 single-ended IOs from Jn4
P1w13-X38s+P2w7-X8d+X12d: 24 single-ended IOs and 20 differential pairs from Jn6 to P2 + 14 single ended IOs from Jn6 to P1
Leds are available on the front panel to report Power On, Reset status, Bridge PCIe/PCI link status and Management Controller status.
On air-cooled versions, a NVME M.2 module can be plugged on the bottom of the board. When the M.2 module is plugged in, the PCIe link to the XMC is limited to x4 lanes (SLT3-PER-2F-14.2.7).
OpenVPX slot profile SLT3-STO-2U-14.5.1 in order to support 2 SATA Gen3 ports, each linked to a M.2 slot for 2242 type Add-in card.