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GE
Intelligent Platforms
NETernity GBX24
IPv6 Enabled, 6U VME, Conduction Cooled, 24-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
Features
• 6U VMEbus form factor
• 24-ports of Gigabit Ethernet
– 24 ports to rear connectors
– 20 ports to rear connectors plus 4 ports
optical to front panel
– 16 ports to rear connectors plus 8 ports
off board SX optics
• Hardware enabled IPv6 and IPv4 support
• Fully managed solution
• Layer 2/3 switching with advanced
support for VLANs, QoS, and IPv6
• 48 Gbit/s non-blocking switch fabric with
full wirespeed performance
• Unmanaged version also available
• Configuration through web interface
• Supports IPv6 switching and routing
• Support of Jumbo frames up to 10kB
• Remote management support (Telnet,
HTTP, and SNMP)
• Built-in-Test (BIT) software
• Ruggedization Levels 1-6
NETernity GBX24 is a fully managed (Layer
2/3) Gigabit Ethernet switch designed to
meet the most demanding requirements
for network switching in tactical applications. This Gigabit switch is available in both
air- and conduction-cooled formats and
features a non-blocking shared memory
architecture. This provides 48 Gbits/s core
offering full wire speed performance with
minimal latency on all ports simultaneously.
The GBX24 has comprehensive network
management capabilities that includes
VLANs, link aggregation, spanning tree, IPv4,
IPv6, IGMP, traffic policing, Quality of Service
(QoS), guaranteed bandwidth and SNMP.
Configuration of the switch is via a comprehensive and intuitive web interface,
command line interface or SNMP.
GBX24 provides optional optical expansion through a mix of onboard optics and
a separate Optical Expansion Board. All
twenty-four ports can be converted to
optical outputs to give twenty-four ports
of Gigabit, either 1000 BaseSX or 1000
BaseLX. Onboard built-in test (BIT) ensures
the GBX24 can be easily linked with other
GE Intelligent Platforms boards to provide
integrated system level health monitoring
and diagnostics.
Key Specifications
• IEEE 802.3-2005
– IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)
• IEEE 802.1P (Prioritization)
• IEEE 802.1Q (VLAN tagging)
• IEEE 802.1D (Spanning tree Protocol)
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NETernity GBX24
Flash
SDRAM
MNG
Magnetics
8245
PowerPC
NVRAM
DX265
Packet
Processor
Magnetics
Magnetics
Magnetics
Magnetics
Magnetics
Magnetics
Magnetics
PHY
PHY
PHY
PHY
PHY
PHY
RTC
RS-232
10/100BaseT Management Ethernet Port
11x
GbE
13x
GbE
Specifications
Physical Interface
• 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports
– 24 routed to rear
– Optionally, 4 ports may be factory selected as SX or
LX optical to the front panel
• Fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports support either
1000BaseLX or 1000BaseSX transceivers and have
LC connectors
• Copper ports support automatic Media Depen-
dent Interface (MDI) crossover eliminating need for
cross¬over cables or cross-wired (MDIX) ports
IPv6
• IPv6 addressing and specification (RFC 2460)
• Neighbor discovery for IPv6 (RFC2461)
• Stateless address auto configuration (RFC 2462)
• ICMPv6 (RFC 2463)
• IPv6 over Ethernet (RFC 2464)
8000 MAC Address Table
• Automatically leans network connections
User Controllable Built-in-Test (BIT)
Bandwidth Provisioning
• Guaranteed bandwidth for real-time services
Levels of Ruggedization
• Air cooled, extended temperature, rugged air cooled,
rugged conduction cooled, and spray cooled
Dimensions
• 6U (4HP) single slot VME Eurocard form factor
• Height: 9.2 in. (233.4mm)
• Depth: 6.3 in. (160mm)
• Thickness:
– 0.8 in. (20.3mm) single slot
– 1.6 in. (40.6mm) dual slot
• Weight:
– Levels 1-3: 1.47 lbs (0.82 Kg) 24-port version
– Levels 4-5: TBD
Power Requirements
• 50 watts (24 ports)
• 5 V @ 9.2 A (max)
Environmental
• Temperature (Level 1)
– Operating: 0°C to +55°C with 300 linear ft/min airflow
– Storage: -50°C to +100°C
• Relative Humidity (Level 1)
– Operating: 5% to 95%, noncondensing
– Storage: 5% to 95%, noncondensing
MTBF
• 101,746 hours per Ground Fixed 40°C
Bloock Diagram
GBX24-abcde
a - level of ruggedization 1-6
b - is 0 = no 10 GigE expansion
c - number of copper and/or fiber ports; 1 = 20 copper + 4 onboard SX fiber, 2 = 20 copper + 4 onboard LX fiber,
3 = 24 copper ports, A = 16 copper + 8 off board SX optics (uses two slots), C = 12 off board SX optics
d - GPIO expansion; 0 = N/A, 1 = P0 fitted
e - Software variants: 0 (no management software), 1 (Loads switch management software). BIT software is included
on all models
Example Configuration:
GBX24-40311 - VME switch, Build Level 4, no 10 GigE expansion, 24 copper ports, P0 fitted, BIT and management software
GBX24-50110 - VME switch, Build Level 5, no 10 GigE expansion, 20 copper + 4 onboard optics, P0 fitted, BIT
(unmanaged version)
About GE Intelligent Platforms
GE Intelligent Platforms is a General Electric (NYSE: GE) company, headquartered in Charlottesville, VA and
part of GE Energy Management. The company’s Military/Aerospace business, headquartered in Huntsville,
AL, and Towcester, England, provides one of the industry’s broadest ranges of high performance, rugged,
SWaP-optimized embedded computing platforms. Backed by programs that provide responsive customer
support and minimize long term cost of ownership for multi-year programs, GE’s solutions are designed to
help customers minimize program risk and cost, and to speed time-to-market . For more information, visit
defense.ge-ip.com.
GE Intelligent Platforms Contact Information
Americas: 1 800 433 2682 or 1 434 978 5100
Global regional phone numbers are listed by location on our web site at defense.ge-ip.com/contact
defense.ge-ip.com/ethernet-lan
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