Description

Input / Output Group 20 (IOG 20)

Description
Contents
1 Introduction..............................................................................................................................................
2 Performance..............................................................................................................................................
3 Design......................................................................................................................................................
4 Overall System Description......................................................................................................................
4.1 Basic IOG 20B.....................................................................................................................................................
4.2 Compact IOG 20C...............................................................................................................................................
5 Technology...............................................................................................................................................
6 Technical Data..........................................................................................................................................
7 Acronyms and Abbreviations...................................................................................................................

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 Please note that this description is subject to change without notice. The description includes
details on both basic and optional products. The description does not necessarily correspond
to any specific release or delivery time.

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1 Introduction
This document describes the Input/Output Group 20 (IOG 20). The AXE system uses a support
system called I/O that handles data transport to and from AXE. The I/O acts as an interface
between AXE and external systems, including billing centres, operation and maintenance
centres, and staff involved in handling subscribers, tracing faults, recording traffic, and
otherwise managing the network.

The I/O system is equipped with different kinds of stores :

 Hard discs
 Floppy discs
 Optical discs

IOG 20 is built on a completely new Hard ware platform. IOG 20 has basically the same
functionality as its predecessor, IOG 11, but IOG 20 has substantially higher performance,
thanks to changed internal structure and usage of new Hardware and faster processors.

2 Performance
The main improvements are:

Higher performance such as:

 Increased processing power

 Increased throughput
 Increased disk updating speed
 Increased data link transmission speed

Reduced cost of ownership:

 Reduced physical size => lower rental cost, less spare parts, less cabling => easier to
maintain
 Reduced number of board types => less spare parts
 Reduced power consumption => reduction of operational costs

Compared to previous I/O systems, the IOG 20 is much smaller. One cabinet in BYB 202 can
now be fitted into only one sub-rack in BYB 501

The processing capacity and throughput is up to five times better than IOG 11, and the power
consumption is reduced by a factor three.

The disk updating speed is increased four-fold, and the storage capacity 6 times compared to
IOG 11.

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A considerable reduction in types of printed circuit boards - down to seven compared to 25 in

IOG 11 - is achieved through the use of modern technology allowing higher integration on each
board. This makes not only maintenance easier (emphasised even more through better HW-
diagnostics) but the need to store spare parts is cut dramatically.

IOG 20 is based on a new processor, Motorola 68060, and industry standard internal buses.

Further, to underline the intentions to make the system open to generally available components,
the introduction of the industry standard VME bus is one significant step in that direction.
Another initiative along the same line is the use of ethernet for connections between nodes.

Initially, IOG 20 is available in three configurations :

 Basic configuration in two sub-racks with parallel Regional Processor (RP) bus interface.
(IOG 20B-P)
 Basic configuration in two sub-racks with interface towards the new serial RP bus (IOG 20B-
S)
 Compact configuration in only one sub-rack with interface to new serial RP-bus- (IOG 20C)

All configurations provide full redundancy: that is, all the hardware is duplicated.

IOG20B-P and IOG20B-S include floppy disk, one or two optical disks, and one to three hard
disks per side.

IOG20C includes one hard disk and one optical disk per side.

IOG 20 is fitted into the new metric equipment practice BYB 501.

Figure 1.Rationalisation of IOG20C Compared with IOG11C.

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3 Design
The design is based on seven different boards - not counting the power supply - available in
three different configurations, Compact and Basic for the serial RP bus, and Basic for the
parallel bus, all fitted into equipment practice BYB501.

In the Basic configuration, the full secondary storage range is three hard discs and one optical
disc 5.25 inches each, while the Compact version has one hard disc and one optical disc - 3½
inches.

As data communication with the surrounding world the Basic has four, and the Compact three,
Line Unit Modules (LUM).

All three versions are equipped with adapters for standard VME board sizes and back planes
with standard VME connectors.

The internal buses used are the standard VME, Small Computer Standard Interface (SCSI) and
Ethernet

In the standard version, V24/V28, V35, V36, G703 and Ethernet are supported, and can be used
in any combination.

The CPU-60, the RPV, and the LUM are based on Motorola’s M68060.

Several interfaces are supported. Commands, printouts, and file transfer to/from IOG 20 can be
sent using the Ericsson MTP protocol over X25 with speeds up to 2Mbit/s. File Transfer and
Access Management (FTAM) can also be used for file transfer to/from IOG 20.

The basic configuration has up to 16 ports, and the compact configuration has up to 12 ports for
connection of data channels, terminals, and Alarm Interface (ALI) per side.

4 Overall System Description

Switching equipment

RP RP RP RP RP

CP IOG 20

Figure 2. Simplified View of the AXE System with Emphasis on the IOG 20.

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CP RP-bus

RPV RPV
SP SP
HD HD
(PC)
AT
FD L L FD
OD U AT U
OD
M M
VME-bus
ALI
VME-bus

DL DL

Figure 3. The Dual Sided I/O System. The Three Discs on Either Side are Hard- , Floppy- and Optical
Discs. Common to Both Sides are the Asynchronous Terminals and the Printers (AT) as well as the
Alarm Interface Board (ALI).

There will be three versions of the IOG 20. (One Basic - 2 sub-rack - version which operates
with the parallel RP bus - IOG 20B-P.) The IOG 20 interfacing the new serial RP bus comes in
the following two configurations:

 Basic IOG20B
 Compact IOG20C

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4.1 Basic IOG 20B

FAN

SHELF

SHELF

Figure 4. Basic IOG 20 In Two Sub-racks. The Sub-racks Are 420 mm Wide And 800 mm High Including
A Fan - 100 mm - And Two Shelves - 2 X 50 mm.

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4.2 Compact IOG 20C

(LUM)

A-node B-node
Figure 5. A single Sub-rack IOG 20C Measuring 420 x 450 (Incl. Fan & Shelf) mm.

The different PCB are indicated.

A 3.5 inches optical disc drive replaces the floppy disc function and 5.25 inches Optical Disk
(OD).

5 Technology
Printed Circuit Boards:

· Power Supply
Centralised power supply for all units in the sub-rack.-48V/5V,12V,-12V

· CPU60/C1
VME System Controller (A). 32 Mbytes system memory. Fast SCSI-2 and PC/AT floppy
interface controlling hard-discs and floppy disc. Ethernet interface for inter-node
communication. RS-232 local terminal interfaces

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· HD and FD - Hard Disc and Floppy Disc, Basic Only

One 3.5 inches hard disc unit of 4 GB with fast SCSI-2 interface (uncompressed). One 3.5
inches /1.44 Mbytes Floppy

· HD and HD - Hard Disc and Hard Disc, Basic Only

Two 3.5 inches hard disc units of 2 x 4 GB with fast SCSI-2 interface (uncompressed)

· HD and OD - Hard Disc and Optical Disc, Compact Only

One 3.5 inches Hard disc unit of 4 GB with fast SCSI-2 interface (uncompressed). One 3.5
inches Optical Disc Drive supporting ~ 640 Mbytes disk media

· VSA - VME to SCSI Adapter

VME to SCSI Adapter for Basic & Compact. Controlling the back-up media - OD - via SCSI
bus in the back plane

· RPV - Regional Processor VME

Pro VME and DRPBU, the connection to the parallel bus. Only for the Basic version with
parallel bus interface

· RPV2 - Regional Processor VME Generation 2

RPV2- Regional Processor VME generation 2, consists of connection to the Central Processor
(CP) via the newly introduced serial RP-bus.

· LUM - Line Unit Module

Line Unit Module consists of : mother board and up to four separate line modules for different
types of line interface types. Line modules for : V.24/V.28/V.35/V.36/X.21 Low speed and high
speed (max. 2Mbit/s) G.703 E0 (64kbit/s) and one for G.703 E1 (2 Mbit/s).

V.24/V.28/V.35/V.36/X.21 and/or
A-node G.703 E0 (64 kbit/s) and/or
G.703 E1 (2Mbit/s) and/or
Ethernet 10 Mbit/s

Identical to A-node
B-node

To external data connections

Figure 6. The Line Unit Module (LUM).

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·ALI - Alarm Interface

Alarm Interface boards consists of: ALCPU, connection to line port, fan supervision and
external alarm input/output. ALEXP for the connection to the alarm display

· OD - Optical Disc
The Optical Disc drive is used for backing up as well as SW loading of CP, SP and TT-data
files. Backup media - IOG 20 Basic. One 5.25 inches Optical Disc Drive supporting 2 x 325
Mbytes and 2 x 650 Mbytes disc media. Backup media - IOG 20 Compact. One 3.5 inches
Optical Disc Drive supporting 1 x 650 Mbytes disc media

6 Technical Data
· Throughput up to 150 Kbyte/s

· 2 Mbit/s Data Link transmission rate

· Disk updating speed 350 kByte/s

· Introducing Ethernet, Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) for data
channel connections, in a later release

· Max 12 GB mass storage capacity

· Reduced total number of board types compared to IOG 11, from 25 to seven

· In a typical configuration the number of printed circuit boards is reduced from 48 to14 per
Support Processor Group (SPG).

· The twin sub-rack IOG 20 replaces the double cabinet IOG 11.

· Better HW-diagnostics due to different function partitioning and less HW compared to IOG 11

· Introducing serial RP bus connection with a capacity suitable to IOG 20

· Industry standard internal buses VME, SCSI and Ethernet

· Compatible with IOG 11 (functional level)

· Power consumption, Basic 300 W, Compact 200 W

· Building practice BYB501, measures 400 x 600 x 1,800 (d, w, h)

7 Acronyms and Abbreviations

ALI Alarm Interface

AT Asynchronous terminal

CP Central Processor

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DRPBU Duplicated Regional Processor Bus Unit

FD Floppy Disc

FTAM File Transfer and Access Management

HD Hard Disc

I/O Input/Output

LUM Line Unit Module

OD Optical Disc

PCB Printed Circuit Board

RP Regional Processor

RPV Regional Processor connected to VME

SCSI Small Computer System Interface

SPG Support Processor Group

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

VSA VME to SCSI Adapter

VME VERSA Module Eurocard

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