MSOFTX3000 Hardware Introduction ISSUE2.1

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MSOFTX3000 Hardware
Introduction
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will
understand:
 Hardware configuration, types of buses and

their functions
 Functions, external interfaces, cable connection,

and DIP setting of boards
 Signal flow among boards
 Cable configurations
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Contents
Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 2 Overall System
Chapter 3 Boards
Chapter 4 Signal Flow
Chapter 5 Cable Connection

Chapter 1 Overview
Section 1 Introduction to the

MSOFTX3000
Section 2 Hardware Platform

Evolution
Section 3 OSTA2.0 Platform

Introduction to the MSOFTX3000
The MSOFTX3000 provides functions such as location management, call control, and media
gateway control. It can be flexibly deployed as the VMSC server, GMSC server, TMSC server,
VLR, SSP, or STP.
MSOFTX3000 V2R8 is the basic version of the OSTA2.0 platform. It is upgraded from the OSTA1.0
platform without major changes in terms of product orientation, functions, and features.

Chapter 1 Overview

MSOFTX3000

Evolution

CPCI Platform Structure
 Centralized power supply: The UPWR supplies power for all boards in a subrack.
 Dual CPCI buses (that is, resource-sharing buses A and B) with the bandwidth of
2×2Gbps
 Ethernet dual-platform and dual-star architecture
 Master and slave serial buses
 H.110 bus, providing switching capability of 4096 timeslots and 256 Mbps bandwidth

Limitations of the CPCI Platform
 Low scalability
 Complex bus types and limited bandwidth:
CPCI bus: 2 x 2 Gbps
H.110 bus: 256 Mbps
Ethernet bus: 24 x 100 Mbps (in spite of expansion)
 Limitations related to the power supply, structure, and heat dissipation: The maximum power consumption of
a single slot (50 W) constrains the performance improvement of boards.
 Not hot-swapping subboards
 Low reliability
 The bus structure has inherited faults and potential single-point failures, for example, centralized power
supply, CPCI bus, and master/slave serial bus
 The device control flow cannot be separated from the service flow. This may cause security problems.
 Non-authentic Open Standard Platform

 Carrier-specific standard: Expanded with multiple private interfaces based on the original CPCI standard (for
example, Ethernet bus, H.110 bus, back board size, and main/slave serial port bus)
 No standard open software interface; tight coupling of hardware and software
 High lifecycle costs

Challenges
With the development of the telecom industry, carriers are increasingly having higher requirements related
to telecom devices, especially in the following aspects:
Simplicity: The platform should be capable of simplifying the design, manufacture, test, and application of
network devices.
Capacity: The platform should provide sufficient bandwidth, call rate, processor loading rate, and operating
efficiency to meet the current and future requirements.
Performance: The platform should be capable of supporting short delay and call setup duration and providing
high service performance and QoS.
Reliability: The reliability of the platform should reach 0.99999.
Serviceability: The platform should be capable of providing simple, strong, and cost-saving OAM&P.
Security: The platform should be capable of protecting key services from being intercepted and against Hacking.
Time to Market: Time to market for a new product should be shortened. (purchasing boards, subracks,
Middleware, and APIs from other vendors to reduce development workload)
Cost: Lifecycle costs should be reduced. (software and hardware architectures can ease the multiplexing among
different products and reduce development workload)
Regulatory Considerations: The platform should comply with international specification and standards.

ATCA Specifications
 Advanced Telecommunications Compute Architecture (ATCA ) is the largest specification effort in the history of
the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG), with more than 100 companies participating. It
includes serials of specifications, for example, PICMG3.0, PICMG3.1, PICMG3.2, PICMG3.3, and PICMG3.4.
 Sub-specifications:
 3.1: Ethernet and Fiberchannel Transport
 3.2: InfiniBand Transport
 3.3 : StarFabric Transport
 3.4 : PCI Express Transport
 3.5 : Advanced Fabric Interconnect / Serial RapidIO
 AMC module specification: hot swapping and subboard specification
 The ATCA specification is developed based on the CPCI specification. It meets the new requirements of the
telecom industry with the following features:
 Dual -48 VDC redundancy power
 High-speed differential signal connector and high bus bandwidth
 Proper board size (8U x 280mm) and slot distance (1.2 inch) for ease of heat dissipation
 Hot-swap high-speed subboards
 Standard IPMI bus for the management of any parts in the system
 Open software and hardware architecture with the CGL operating system
 Compliance with the NEBS and ETSU standards
 High reliability with the dual-star architecture for service buses

ATCA vs. CPCI
Attributes CPCI ATCA
Subrack size 9 U (height), 19“ (width) 13 U/14 U (height), 19“(width)
Board size 6 U x 160 mm x 0.8 inch 8 U x 280 mm x 1.2 inch
Board power 35 W-50 W 150 W-200 W
Backplane bandwidth 4 Gbps＋2.4 Gbps 2.4 Tbps (Full Mesh)
Number of slots 21 14
Power system Centralized power supply (5V, 12V, Distributed power supply (Dual – 48
3.3V) V/ - 60 VDC)
I/O Limited: FE Extensive: GE, FC, SCSI and so on
Subboard PMC, not hot-swap PMC & AMC (hot-swap)
Management OK IPMI specification
Clock/upgrade/test bus NO Yes
Regulatory Conformance Vendor specific In standard
Subrack costs Low High
Lifecycle costs High Low

Chapter 1 Overview

MSOFTX3000

Evolution

ATCA System Structure Update bus
IPMB bus
Various flexible service interfaces Various flexible service interfaces
Fans Fans
IPMB IPMB
Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade
0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13
S S
M M
M M
TDM bus
Fabric bus
Base bus
Base Fabric 0Fabric 1Fabric 2Fabric 3 Base Fabric 0Fabric 1Fabric 2Fabric 3
IPMB IPMB
Switch 6 Switch 7
Base Fabric 0Fabric 1Fabric 2Fabric 3 S S Base Fabric 0Fabric 1Fabric 2Fabric 3
D D
M M
Cascade Switch Interfaces Two buses reserved for future use Cascade Switch Interfaces

Enhanced Features of Huawei OSTA2.0 Platform
 Huawei OSTA2.0 platform is developed according to the requirement of core network
devices. The following enhanced features are implemented without making any changes to
the ATCA architecture:
 Carrier-grade design: providing carrier-grade components with low power consumption and high-
reliability and redundancy design
 Enhanced fault management: supporting pre-alerting, diagnosis, isolation, and recovery of fault
management in terms of the system, modules, and chips
 Supporting remote maintenance
 Meeting the NEBS L3 / ETSI standards
 Providing a time precision module for precise charging
 Providing a stratum-2 clock module
 Providing built-in FC switching module and layer-2 and layer-3 switching module
 Supporting subrack cascading to meet requirements for high capacity
 Providing TDM interfaces, including E1/T1, STM-n, and ATM
 Providing various access interfaces for storage devices, including the FC, SCSI, and SAS
 Providing a built-in storage unit
 Providing built-in routing function

System Buses Serial PDB
SWI SWI SDM SDM

The OSTA2.0 hardware platform
provides four types of buses:
•IPMB
•Base SWU SWU SMM SMM
•Fabric
FAN FAN PEM PEM
•TDM
IPMB
BASE
FABRIC
TDM
UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB
USI USI USI USI USI USI USI USI USI USI USI USI
or or or or or or or or or or or or
ETI ETI ETI ETI ETI ETI ETI ETI ETI ETI ETI ETI

Description of System Buses
 The OSTA2.0 hardware platform provides four types of buses:
 IPMB bus: It is the device management bus in an OSTA2.0 subrack. With the
IPMB bus, the SMM monitors and manages all the hardware in the subrack. The
IPMB bus transmits all the information related to the hardware, such as alarms,
power-on/power-off operations, and fan speed adjustment.
 Base bus: It is located on the management and control plane of the system. It
provides a channel for software loading, alarm reporting, and maintenance
message delivery.
 Fabric bus: It provides a data channel for the system service plane. It transmits
the service information of the system.
 TDM bus: It is used to deliver the system clock source and the narrowband
timeslot information of bearer boards.

Questions
 Compared with the OSTA1.0 platform, what are

advantages of the OSTA2.0 platform?
 How many types of buses are provided by the
MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform? What are the
corresponding functions of each type of bus?

Answers
Compared with the OSTA1.0 platform, what are
advantages of the OSTA2.0 platform?
1.Strong scalability, great bandwidth, high integrity, and abundant service interfaces
2.Dual-star bus and distributed power supply ensure higher security.
3.Compliance with standard specifications; lower lifecycle costs
How many types of buses are provided by the

MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform? What are the
corresponding functions of each type of bus?
The OSTA2.0 hardware system provides four types of buses:
1.IPMB bus: It is the device management bus in the OSTA 2.0 subrack. With the IPMA
bus, the SMM monitors and manages all the hardware in the subrack.
2.BASE bus: It is a management control plane bus of the system. It is g generally used
for software loading, and transmission of the alarm and maintenance information.
3.FABRIC bus: It is the data channel of the service plane. It is generally used to transmit
information related to services in the system.
4.TDM bus: It is used to transmit the information about the system synchronization clock
and narrowband timeslots among bearer boards.

Contents
Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 3 Boards

Section 1 Cabinet
Section 2 Subrack
Section 3 PDB
Section 4 MRMU

Cabinet
 The MSOFTX3000 uses the N68E-22 cabinet:
 Dimensions: 600 x 800 x 2200 (width x depth x

height)
 Available space inside: 46 U (1 U = 44.45 mm )
 A maximum of three OSTA2.0 subracks

configured for each subrack
 Weight: 100 kg (400 kg in full configuration)
 Single-door providing the air filter, with the

perforated rate reaching 51%
 Supporting up to 8 KW heat dissipation

Cabinet Configuration
 MSOFTX3000 cabinets are classified into
integrated configuration cabinets and
service processing cabinets.
 A cabinet is configured with a 3-U PDB that

supports the dual 3-input power supply and
dual 10-output power.
 An integrated configuration cabinet can be

configured with two OSTA2.0 subracks, two
LAN Switches (for external networking), one
KVMS (optional), and one MRMU (optional).
 A service processing cabinet is configured

with up to three OSTA2.0 subrack.
 MSOFTX3000 V2R8 supports two cabinet

and four subracks in full configuration, as
shown in the figure.

Overall System Configuration

Section 1 Cabinet
Section 2 Subrack
Section 3 PDB
Section 4 MRMU

PDB
 Supporting dual-input, dual 2-input, and dual 3-

input power supply (dual 3-input is used for the
MSOFTX3000)
 Input voltage: -40 to -72 V DC; Maximum input

current: 100 A
 Supporting the dual 10-output power supply, with

maximum current of 50 A for each output (not
more than 100 A for each zone)

PDB
Monitoring
panel 1. Input terminal 2. Output terminal 3. DB15 serial port
Air circuit breaker
4. Grounding point 5. RJ45 serial port 6. External Boolean
signal interface
Each PDB supports a maximum of four external Boolean alarm inputs.

Power Switches that Control the Internal
Components
Cabinet Switch Component
Integrated (A7 and A8) / (B7 and SUBRACK-1 (expansion

configuration B8) subrack 1)
cabinet
A2/B2 MRMU
A3 LANS-1
B3 LANS-0
A1 KVMS
(A9 and A10) / ( B9 and SUBRACK-0 (basic
B10 ) subrack 0)
Service (A7 and A8 ) / ( B7 and SUBRACK-1 (expansion
processing B8) subrack 3)
cabinet (A9 and A10) / ( B9 and SUBRACK-0 (expansion
B10 ) subrack 2)
Each subrack is controlled by four switches.
Refer to the mapping between the switches and

components during the cable configuration and
power-on/power-off operation.

Section 1 Cabinet
Section 2 PDB
Section 3 Subrack
Section 4 MRMU

OSTA2.0 Subrack
PEM
Fan box
Front view Back view

Design Standard Complies with NEBS GR-63-core and ETSI 300 019 CLASS 3.1 standards.
Dimension 619.5 mm (H) x 482.6 mm (W) x 450 mm (D)
Capacity Provides 14 service slots (1.2 inch per slot).

The backplane is plugged in the middle with boards installed back to back
Architecture
(the sizes of front board and back board are different).
Cabling Cables are led out from the rear of the subrack.
Two fan boxes are located at the bottom of each subrack for front to back
Heat Dissipation
airflow.
Power Supply -40.5 V DC to -72 V DC
Temperature Long-term operation: 5 ℃ – 40 ℃ ; short-term operation: - 5 ℃– 50 ℃

Humidity Airflow path diagram
Long-term operation: 5% – 85% ; short-term operation: 5% – 90%

Subrack Power
SMM1
Area 2 Area 1 -48Va1/RTNa1 A

Blade0（Server）
（Feed A1） R
Blade1（Server） E
A
-48Va2/RTNa2 1
1
（Feed A2）
Blade6（Switch）
2
FANS
-48Vb1/RTNb1
（Feed B1）
Blade7（Switch） A
-48Vb2/RTNb2 3 R
（Feed B2） Blade8（Server） E
A
4 2
4 3 2 1 Board13
DC power input for area 1 （Server）
DC power input for area 2 SMM2
 A subrack provides 1+1 redundancy power (-48V/-60V) through two PEMs.

 The boards in a subrack are divided into two areas, namely, area 1 (slots 0 through 6) and area 2 (slots 7 through 13). Each
PEM provides two power inputs for each area, and each power input is configured with air circuit breakers for the purpose of
subrack-level delivery.
 A front board works together with a back board and supplies power for the back board.

Subrack Slots
 A subrack contains a middle-positioned backplane, with front boards and back boards installed back to back.
The back boards that function as the interface boards supply power for the front boards. One front board
works together with one back board. If a front board does not require a back interface, you need not configure
a back board for it.
 A subrack provides 14 service slots, of which slots 6 and 7 are permanently used for SWUs and SWIs and the
other slots are used for UPBs and USIs.
 Front board size: 355.6 mm (8 U) x 280 mm x 30.5 mm (1.2 in.)

70 mm
 Back board size: 355.6 mm (8 U) x 70 mm x 30.5 mm (1.2 in.)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 280 mm
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Board configuration of subrack 0 in TDM networking Board configuration of subrack 1 in TDM networking

Section 1 Cabinet
Section 2 Subrack
Section 3 PDB
Section 4 MRMU

Rear view
MRMU
Front view
SN. Description
1 Power ports
2 Detecting/control ports
3 Smoke sensor reset button
4 Serial communication ports
MRMU is short for Master Rack Monitoring Unit. 5 Ethernet port
 Provides a standard 10/100M Ethernet interface for communication with the NMS.
 Provides two RS485 ports for managing eight PDBs and eight DC fan boxes or eight RMUs and eight AC fan boxes.
 Provides one external interface for connecting to a temperature and humidity sensor that are used for monitoring the status of the
cabinet.
 Reserves three types of optional analog monitoring interfaces for the sensors with voltage ranging 0 to 5 V and current ranging 4 mA
to 20m A. The type of interface can be specified by users.
 Implements the smoke alarm, water alarm, and intrusion alarm functions by being connected to the corresponding external sensors.
 Reserves eight interfaces for Boolean detection.
 Reserves four interfaces for control variable output, where two interfaces are used for relay output and other two interfaces for optical
coupling output.
 Supports audible alarms (buzzer) and visual alarms (alarm indicator).
As an environment monitoring device, the MRMU is optional for the MSOFTX3000. It is configured only when the ambient
environment (such as equipment room temperature ) needs to be monitored or the PDB of a cabinet cannot provide
sufficient Boolean alarm interfaces.

Questions
 Which type of cabinet is used for the MSOFTX3000? How

many types of cabinets are there?
 How many cabinets and subracks are supported by the
MSOFTX3000 in full configuration?
 How many slots are provided by an OSTA2.0 subrack of the
MSOFTX3000? How many slots are service slots?
 What are the power supply features of an OSTA2.0 subrack of
the MSOFTX3000?

Answers
Which type of cabinet is used for the MSOFTX3000? How many types of
cabinets are there?
The N68E-22 cabinet is used for the MSOFTX3000 . There are two types of cabinets.
They are integrated configuration cabinet and service processing cabinet.
How many cabinets and subracks are supported by the MSOFTX3000 in full
configuration?
Two cabinets and four subracks are supported by MSOFTX3000 in full configuration.
How many slots are provided by an OSTA2.0 subrack of the MSOFTX3000?
How many slots are service slots?
A total of 14 slots are provided by an OSTA subrack. Among them, 12 slots are used as
service slots.
What are the power supply features of an OSTA2.0 subrack of the
MSOFTX3000?
An OSTA2.0 subrack supports area-based power supply and 1+1 redundancy power bus.
The subrack provides two PEMs to implement 1+1 power supply. The boards in the
subrack are divided into two areas. One area covers slots 0 through 6 and the other area
covers slots 7 through 13. Each PEM provides two power inputs and each power input is
responsible for each area

Contents
Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 3 Boards

Chapter 3 Boards
Section 1 General Introduction
Section 2 Device Management

Module
Section 3 Switching Module
Section 4 Service Processing

Module

System Interconnection
To the NTP Server
 The MSOFTX3000 hardware is To the NTP Server
composed of main components To the billing center
To the billing Center
and auxiliary components. To the IP Backbone network
 The main components are
To the IP Backbone network
composed of OSTA2.0
subracks, which work in self- LANSWITCH
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cascading mode. UUUUOOS S
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 In the ATCA platform, the BBBBUUUU
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functionalities of the BAM, SMM SMM
iGWB, and XPTU are To the billing Center

To the billing Center
implemented by boards and UUUU
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integrated in a subrack. The 1# PPPP WW P P P P P P
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XPTU is deployed as a process BB
SMM SMM
in the OMU board.
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independent servers are UUUU S SUUUUUU
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adopted for the BAM, iGWB, WW
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and XPTU in a cabinet. SMM SMM
Host

OSTA2.0 Logical Structure
Switch Equipment management Electromechanical
subsystem subsystem subsystem
SWU/SWI SMM/SDM FAN PEM
SWU/SWI SMM/SDM FAN PEM
Back Plane
UPB/USI/ETI
UPB/USI/ETI
UPB/USI/ETI
UPB/USI/ETI
UPB/USI/ETI
UPB/USI/ETI
IPMB
Base
Fabric
TDM
Service processing subsystem

 Logically, the MSOFTX3000 is composed of:
 Equipment management subsystem, including SMMs and SDMs
 Switch subsystem, including SWUs and SWIs
 Service processing subsystem, including UPBs and USIs/ETIs
 Electromechanical subsystem, including backplane, fan box, and PEM

Chapter 3 Boards

Module

Module

Device Management Module
 The device management module
is composed of SMMs and SDMs. Serial PDB
They are located under the fan
box at the bottom of a subrack. SWI SWI SDM SDM
 The device management module

manages all components of a
SWU SWU SMM SMM
subrack and the PDB.
FAN FAN PEM PEM
IPMB

SMM (1)  SMM is short for shelf management module.
 Features:
 It manages all hardware components in a subrack.
 It implements device management, hot swapping management,
alarm management, log management, asset management, and
power management.
 It supports the KVM over IP function.
SMM position
in a subrack  Two SMMs reside at the bottom of a subrack. They work in
active/standby mode, 1+1 redundancy. Data synchronization
between the active and standby SMMs is implemented through
the dedicated IPMB and interface.
 Interfaces:
 The SMM provides 40 dual-star IPMB interfaces that are
connected to the backplane and then connected to BMC
modules of each board.
 The SMM provides four 10/100MBase-T Ethernet interfaces. Two
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
interfaces are used to connect to the SWUs through the
backplane; one interface is used for status and data
SMMD
RST HSW
synchronization between two SMMs.; one interface is used to
connect to the SMM panel.
SHELF MANAGEMENT MODULE
COM ETH0
(10) (9) (8) (7)  The front panel of the SMM provides one RS232 serial port.

SMM (2) 1: Minor
alarm
2: Major
alarm
3: Critical
alarm
4: COM
serial
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) indicator indicator indicator port
5: ETH0 6: HOTSWAP 7: Ejector 8:
interface indicator lever Reset
RST HSW
SMMD
button
SHELF MANAGEMENT MODULE
COM ETH0 9: 10: HEALTHY

Customized indicator
indicators
(10) (9) (8) (7)
Indicator Color Meaning Description Normal State
The HEALTHY indicator has four states:

•Off: The SMM is not installed or powered on.
Red or Healthy
HEALTHY •Steady green: The SMM works normally. Steady green
green status
•Flash green (at the frequency of 0.5 Hz): The SMM is in the standby state.
indicator
•Steady red: The software is not started, or a hardware failure occurs.
The HOTSWAP indicator has four states:
Hot- •Off: The SMM is running or is in the active state.
HOTSWAP Blue swapping •On: The SMM is powered off or the SMM is loading processes. Off
indicator •Fast blink: The SMM is being activated.
•Slow blink: The SMM is being deactivated.
Minor, The meanings of the three alarm
major, and indicators are as follows:
Alarm
Red critical •!: A minor alarm is generated. Off
indicator
alarm •!!: A major alarm is generated.
indicators •!!!: A critical alarm is generated.
Customized Red or Customized
You can define the state and meaning of this indicator. -
indicator green indicator
Fast blink means that the indicator is on for 900 ms and off for 100 ms alternatively. Slow blink means that the indicator is on for 100 ms and off
for 900 ms alternatively.

SMM (3)
 The front panel of the SMM has a removable ejector lever. The ejector lever helps
to insert, remove, fasten, power on, and power off the SMM.
Status Description
Before the ejector lever is closed, the HOTSWAP indicator is on
and the SMM is not powered on.
Closed
After the ejector lever is closed, the HOTSWAP indicator is on.
When the HOTSWAP indicator is off, the SMM works normally.
Before the ejector lever is opened, the SMM works normally.
After the ejector lever is opened, the HOTSWAP indicator
Open changes to the slow blink state. When the HOTSWAP indicator is
on, the SMM is powered off. You can use the ejector lever to
remove the SMM.

 SDM is short for Shelf Data Module.
 Features:
SDM (1)  It records subrack information such as the subrack name, bar
code, vendor, and delivery date.
 It provides the information for the SMM to manage all hardware
in the system.
 It is located at the rear and bottom of a subrack and requires two
slots. The SDM works in active/standby mode, and its front board
is the SMM.
 Interfaces:
SDM position  One network interface and one RS232 serial port (COM1) used
in a subrack for operation and maintenance: These two interfaces function as
the back interfaces for the SMM. They have the same function as
the interfaces provided by the SMM, but provide two physical
channels for the SMM. Therefore, these two interfaces cannot be
used together with the interfaces provided by the SMM.。
 One RS485 serial port (COM2) used for maintaining and
managing the PDB.
 Indicators:
1 2 3 4 5 6
Normal
Indicator Color Meaning Description
State
DIP ON •Off: The SDM is not
ETH COM2 COM1 FRAME ID
installed in the subrack.
Red Healthy
•Steady green: The SDM Steady
HEALTHY or status
works normally. green
1: Ejector lever 2: HEALTHY indicator 3: ETH interface green indicator
•Steady red: The SDM is
4: COM2 5: COM1 6: DIP switch faulty.

SDM (2)
 An SDM provides one removable ejector lever. The ejector lever helps to insert, remove, or
fasten the SDM. It cannot be used to power on or power off the SDM. The SDM is powered
by either of the two SMMs.
 The DIP switch is used to set the subrack Positions of the switches for subrack 1
number. OFF:0
 Eight switches from left to right represent 8- ON:1

digit binary numbers, ranging from 00000000
1 2
to 11111111 and correspond to subrack 3 4 5 6 7 8
numbers 0 to 255.
 Left switch is for the most significant bit and
right switch is for the least significant bit.
 “ON” (bottom) for 1 and “OFF” (upper) for 0
Positions of the switches for subrack 128
OFF:0
Subrack
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON:1
No.
0 off off off off off off off off 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 off off off off off off off on 7 8
2 off off off off off off on off
3 off off off off off off on on
4 off off off off off on off off
5 off off off off off on off on

Chapter 3 Boards

Module

Module

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10111213
Switch Module U U U U U USSU UUUUU
BACK S S S S S S WW S SSSSS
 A switching module is composed of SWUs and SWIs, which I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
Backplane
are located in slots 6 and 7.
UUUUUUSSUUUUUU
 The SWUs provide switching functions through the BASE P P P P P P WW P P P P P P
plane, Fabric GE plane, and TDM plane. FRONT B B B B B B U U B B B B B B
 The SWIs provide external interfaces for implementing

cascading of the BASE plane and Fabric GE plane.
 The cascading of the TDM platform is implemented through
the Base plane.
SWI SWI SDM SDM
SWU SWU SMM SMM
BASE
FABRIC
TDM

SWU (1)
 SWU is short for Switch Unit.
 Features:
 The SWU implements data switching among the boards in a
subrack through the backplane and data switching among
subracks through cascading interfaces provided by the SWIs.
 Three planes: Base, Fabric, and TDM
 Base plane:
− Provides 12 interfaces for connecting to 12 UPB slots.
− Provides two interfaces for connecting to the active and standby
SMMs.
− Provides one interface for connecting to the Base plane of the
other SWU to implement redundancy of the Base plane.
− Provides eight external interfaces provided by the SWIs.
 Fabric plane:
− Provides 12 interfaces for connecting to 12 UPB slots.
− Provides one interface for connecting to the Fabric plane of the
other SWU to implement redundancy of the Fabric plane.
− Provides eight external interfaces provided by the SWIs.
 TDM plane:
− Provides 12 interfaces for connecting to 12 UPB slots. 1. Ejector lever 2. OOS indicator
− Provides eight cascading interfaces and sharing external. 3. HEALTHY indicator 4. SYSTEM indicator
interfaces with the Base plane to implement cascading among 5. BMC COM serial 6. SYS COM serial port
subracks. port
− Implements the distribution of the system synchronization clocks 7. LAN0 port 8. HOTSWAP indicator
and interworking of the TDM service messages.
9. LAN1 port

SWU (2)
1 GE Fabric Switch daughter

Card
2 TDM Switch daughter Card
SWU0 SWU1
 Currently, the MSOFTX3000 provides two types of the SWU, that is, SWU0 and SWU1.
 The SWU0 provides switching functions only through the Base plane and GE Fabric plane. It is
used for broadband networking.
 Based on the SWU0, the SWU1 is added with TDM switching functions. It can implement the
clock distribution among subracks and TDM switching. It is used for narrowband networking.

SWU (3)
 External ports
Port Function Description
Communication standard: RS232
5. BMC COM Used for locally updating or Port type: RJ-45
serial port loading the BMC software Baud rate: 115,200 bit/s
No indicator
Communication standard: RS232
Port type: RJ-45
Used for local management, Baud rate: 115,200 bit/s
6. SYS COM maintenance, and No indicator
serial port debugging of the Base and By default, the SYS COM serial port
Fabric planes serves as the serial port of the Base plane. It can serve as the serial port
of the Base plane, Fabric GE plane through the BMC COM serial port
command.
10/100 Mbit/s Base-T autonegotiation
Port type: RJ-45
Used for loading and Cable type: UTP5
7. LAN0 port
internal debugging Two indicators
This port is used only for loading the drive software of the Base plane and
for internal debugging.
10/100 Mbit/s Base-T autonegotiation

Port type: RJ-45
Cable type: UTP5
9. LAN1 port Used for maintenance Two indicators
This port can be used for loading the drive software of the Fabric plane
and for accessing Fabric GE subboard as a debug network port.
It works only after the Base plane is started successfully.

SWU (4)
 Indicators
Name Color Meaning Description Normal Status
The OOS indicator has two states:

Service
Red or •Off: The SWU works normally.
2. OOS status Off
amber •On or blinking: The SWU is out of
indicator
service.
•Off: The SWU is not powered on.
Healthy
3. Red or •Steady green: The SWU works
status Steady green
HEALTHY green normally.
indicator
•Steady red: The SWU is faulty.
•Flash red: An alarm is generated.
Customized The SYSTEM indicator is reserved for

4. SYSTEM Green -
indicator future use.

•Off: The SWU is activated.
•On: The SWU is inserted in the slot, but
is powered off or deactivated.
8. Hot-swap
Blue •Fast blink: The SWU is in the -
HOTSWAP indicator
deactivated state and is requesting
activation.
•Slow blink: The SWU is in the activated
state and is requesting deactivation.

SWI (1)
 SWI is short for Switch Interface Unit.
 Features:
 It is the interface board of the SWU. It is used to connect to
external devices or implement cascading of several subracks.
 It provides eight 10/100/1000M Base-T interfaces of the Base
plane. These interfaces also used for bearer of TDM services.
 It provides eight 10/100/1000M Base-T interfaces of the GE
Fabric plane.
 It provides stratum-2 or stratum-3 clock functions, supporting
BITS clock source and line clock source.
 Interfaces:
Interface Description
2. BASE/TDM Eight Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

interface 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Base-T autonegotiation; Two indicators
SWIA0 SWIA1
3. FABRIC interface Eight Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
10/100/1000 Mbit/s Base-T autonegotiation; Two indicators 1. Line clock input 2. BASE/TDM
One SMB interface interface interface
4. BITS clock input
Provides 2-Mbps/2-MHz external clock input. 3. FABRIC interface 4. BITS clock input
interface interface
1. Line clock input One RJ45 interface 5. Ejector lever 6. HOTSWAP
Provides two 8k line cock input. indicator
interface
7. HEALTHY indicator 8. OSS indicator

SWI (2)
 Indicators:
Normal
Name Color Meaning Description Status
Service The OOS indicator has two states:

8. OOS Red or status •Off: The SWI works normally.
indicator amber indicator •On or blinking: The SWI is out of service. Off
•Off: The SWI is not powered on.
7. Healthy •Steady green: The SWI works normally.
HEALTHY Red or status •Steady red: The SWI is faulty. Steady
indicator green indicator •Flash red: An alarm green
•Off: The SWI is activated.
•On: The SWI is inserted in the slot, but is
powered off or deactivated.
•Fast blink: The SWI is in the deactivated state
6. and is requesting activation.
HOTSWAP Hot-swap •Slow blink: The SWI is in the activated state
indicator Blue indicator and is requesting deactivation. -

Chapter 3 Boards

Module

Module

Service Processing Module
 A service processing module is composed of multiple blade servers. A blade server can be
a front board UPB, a back board USI, or a narrowband interface board ETI.
 The UPBs, USIs, and ETI are installed in slots 0 through 5 and slots 8 through 13.
 The UPB is classified into UPBA0 and UPBA1. The UPBA0 can serve as a service
processing board that is deployed with the CCU, IFM, or BSG process. The UPBA1 can
serve as a server that is deployed with the OMU or iGWB.
 The USI is classified into USIA1 and USIA7. The USIA1 provides four GE interfaces and
can serve as an IP interface board or an interface board for the iGWB/XPTU. The USIA7
provides six GE interfaces and one RTC clock module. It can serve as an interface board
for the OMU.
 The ETI is classified into ETIA0 and EITA2. The ETIA0 provides 32 E1/T1 interfaces. The
ETIA2 provides 16 E1/T1 interfaces and 2 GE interfaces. The function of the ETI is to
provide narrowband interfaces for the UPBA0s.

UPB (1)
 UPB is short for Universal Process Blade.
 Features:
 Strong processing capability: It can function as a hardware
carrier for the running of all services. Full configuration:
6 x 4 GB
2 x Intel four- 2 x 2.5-inch 4 GB FLASH
DDR2
core CPU SAS hard disk subboard
memory
 Certain communication capabilities, which enable multiple

service processing modules to form a stronger processing
system through switching modules.
− Provides two Base GE interfaces to connect to SWUs
in slots 6 and 7 through the Base bus.
− Provides two Fabric GE interfaces to connect to 1. Hard disk holder 2. Memory
SWUs in slots 6 and 7 through the Fabric bus. 3. CPU cooling fin 4. Processor
 Maintenance and management capability 5. Hard disk 6. Mainboard
− Provides two IPMB buses to connect to the SMMs. 7. Flash subboard
− Supports the display, mouse, and keyboard.

UPB (2)
 Configuration:
According to service requirements, the MSOFTX3000 provides
two types of UPBs:
Rules for naming boards:
 UPBA0: serving as a service processing board that can be deployed A board name is generally composed of four
with the processes, such as the CCU or IFM characters and one digit, in the format of
XXXM#. Where:
− CPU: 2 x 4 Core (2.13 GHz) XXX identifies the board hardware function. It
− Memory: 6 x 4 GB cannot be easily modified after being defined.
For example, the SWU specifies a switch
− Hard disk: None board, and the UPB specifies a universal
processing blade board.
− Subboard: 4 GB FLASH subboard M is used to distinguish the different boards of
the same function module. It must be a
 UPBA1: serving as a server that can be deployed with the OMU, uppercase character, for example, the
iGWB server, XPTU, or INU: character A of the UPBA. If another hardware
board is produced for the subsequent version, it
− CPU: 2 x 4 Core (2.13 GHz) may be named UPBB or UPBC.
− Memory: 2x 4 GB # indicates a digit and is used to distinguish
different configurations for the same hardware
− Hard disk: 2 x 146 GB (RAID1) board. For example, UPBA0 and UPBA1
indicate two different configurations of the
 External interfaces: same hardware board UPBA.
 Two USB 2.0 interfaces (compatible with the USB 1.1 specifications)
 One RS232 interface (RJ-45 interface)

UPB (3)
 Indicators:
Name Color Meaning Description
The OOS indicator can be in red (in north America) or amber (in
Service Europe). The color of the OOS indicator can be set through the BMC
13. OOS
Red or status command.
indicator
amber indicator
Off: The UPB works normally and the services are in progress.
On or blinking: The UPB is out of service.
Healthy Off: The UPB is not powered on. (The indicator blinks 10 times during
12. Red or power-on.)
status
HEALTHY green
indicator Steady green: The UPB works normally.
indicator
Blinking red: An alarm occurs in the UPB.
11. SYSTEM
- - You can define the function of this indicator.
indicator
Off: The UPB is activated.
On: The UPB is not powered on or is deactivated.
6.
Hot-swap Fast blink (The indicator is on for 900 ms and then off for 100 ms
HOTSWAP Blue
indicator alternatively.): The UPB is being activated.
indicator
Slow blink (The indicator is on for 900 ms and then off for 100 ms
alternatively.): The UPB is being deactivated.
The HD_ACT indicator indicates whether the hard disk is activated or 1. Captive screw 2. Hard disk 1
Hard disk being read or written.
8/10. 3. Hard disk 0 4. USB port
status Off: The hard disk is not installed or is deactivated.
HD_ACT Green
indicator On: The hard disk is activated. 6. HOTSWAP
indicator 5. COM serial port
Blinking: The hard disk is being read or written.
indicator
The HD_RAID/ALM indicator indicates whether the hard disk is in RAID 7. HD0_RAID/ALM 8. HD0_ACT
synchronization or whether a fault or alarm occurs. indicator indicator
7/9. Hard disk Steady red: The hard disk is faulty.
Red or 9. HD1_RAID/ALM 10. HD1_ACT
HD_RAID/AL status
green Blinking red: The hard disk generates alarms. indicator indicator
M indicator indicator
Blinking green (at a frequency of 1 Hz): The hard disk is in RAID 12. HEALTHY
synchronization. 11. SYSTEM indicator
indicator
13. OOS indicator 14. Ejector lever

USI (1)
 USI is short for Universal Service Interface.
 Features:
 As a back board, the USI provides interfaces for the UPB to
communicate with external devices. It must be used together with the
UPB.
 The USI can be installed with different subboards to provide different
interfaces.
 Subboards used by the USI:
− GE subboard: Configure 2 pcs for the USIA1 in the position of J3
and J2; configure 3 pcs for the USIA7 in the position of J3, J2,
and J1. Each GE subscriber provides two GE interfaces.
− RTC subboard: Configure 1 pcs for the USIA7 in the position of
J4. As the back board of the OMU, the RTC subboard provides
the precise time source.
GE subboard RTC subboard
1. Positioning pin 2. Subboard connector (J4)

3. Subboard connector (J1) 4. Subboard connector (J2)
网口指示灯 5. Subboard connector (J3) 6. Subboard positioning
网口指示灯 hole

USI (2)
 External interfaces：
 One USB interface for connecting to the mouse and
keyboard
 One VGA interface for connecting to the display
 Four GE interfaces provided by the USIA1 and six GE
interfaces provided by the USIA7
 Indicators:

4. OOS Red or Service status •Off: The USI works normally and the services are
indicator amber indicator in progress.
•On or blinking: The USI is out of service.
5. Red or Healthy status •Off: The USI is not powered on. The indicator
HEALTHY green indicator blinks 10 times during power-on.
indicator •Steady green: The USI works normally.
•Blinking red: An alarm occurs in the USI. USIA1 USIA7
8. Blue Hot-swap 1. Captive screw 2. Shielding finger
HOTSWAP indicator •Off: The USI is activated.
•On: The USI is not powered on or is deactivated. 3. Ejector lever 4. OSS indicator
indicator
•Fast blink: The USI is being activated. 5. HEALTHY indicator 6. Filler panel
•Slow blink: The USI is being deactivated 8. HOTSWAP
7. GE interface
9. Network Yellow or Network indicator
Off: The network interface does not work.
interface green interface status Steady green: The network interface is in Link 9. Network interface
10. GE interface
indicator indicator state. indicator
Steady yellow: The network interface is in Active 11. USB port
state. It is receiving and sending data.
 The USI is classified into USIA1 and USIA7. The USIA7 is used as the back board of the OMU.

ETI (1)
 ETI is short for E1/T1 Interface Unit.
 Features:
 As a back board, the ETI provides E1/T1 interfaces and
extracts the line clock.
 The ETI can implement the system clock synchronization and
processing of the narrowband MTP1 or MTP2 signaling. It
can also implement the timeslot switching function.
 The ETI can be installed with either of the following
subboards:
− GE subboard: Configure 1 pcs for the ETIA2, in the
postion of J6.
− E1/T1 subboard: Configure 2 pcs for the ETIA0 and 1
pcs for the ETIA2.
GE E1/T1subboard
subboard
1. Positioning pin 2. Subboard
connector (J27/J28)
3. Subboard 4. Subboard
网口指示灯 connector (J6) connector (J25/J26)
网口指示灯
5. Subboard
positioning hole

ETI (2)
 External interfaces:
 16 or 32 E1/T1 interfaces
 Two 8-kHz clock interface
 Two GE interfaces
 Indicators:
4. OOS Red or Service •Off: The ETI works normally and the services are in
indicator amber status progress.
indicator •On or blinking: The ETI is out of service.
5. Red or Healthy •Off: The ETI is not powered on. The indicator blinks
HEALTHY green status 10 times during power-on.
indicator indicator •Steady green: The ETI works normally.
•Blinking red: An alarm is generated.
8. Blue Hot-swap •Off: The ETI is activated.
HOTSWAP indicator •On: The ETI is not powered on or is deactivated.
indicator •Fast blink: The ETI is being activated.
•Slow blink: The ETI is being deactivated ETIA0 ETIA2
9. Network Yellow or Network Off: The network interface does not work. 1. Captive screw 2. Shielding finger
interface green interface Steady green: The network interface is in Link state. 3. Ejector lever 4. OSS indicator
indicator status Steady yellow: The network interface is in Active state. 5. HEALTHY
indicator It is receiving and sending data. 6. E1/T1 interface
indicator
 The ETI is classified into ETIA0 and ETIA2. The ETIA0 is a standard 8. HOTSWAP
7. GE interface
indicator
configuration type, and the EITA2 is used only in offices that support less
9. Network interface
than 600,000 subscribers. In this case, one EITA2 provides both 8 kHz clock interface
indicator
broadband interfaces and narrowband interfaces.

Questions
 How many subsystems is the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform

logically composed of?
 Which board is used to set the subrack number in the MSOFTX3000
OSTA2.0 platform?
 Which board is responsible for implementing subrack management in
the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform?
 Which board is responsible for implementing subrack cascading in the
MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform? How many cascading subracks are
supported by the MSOFTX3000 hardware?
 How many configuration types of does the UPB have in the
MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform? What are their functions?
 What kind of physical interfaces can be provided by the SUI in the
MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform? How many types are these
interfaces classified into?

Answers
How many subsystems is the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0
platform logically composed of?
Logically, the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform is composed of service
processing subsystem, switching subsystem, electromechanical
subsystem, and equipment management subsystem.
Which board is used to set the subrack number in the

MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform?
The SDM is used to set the subrack number in the MSOFTX3000
OSTA2.0 platform.
Which board is responsible for implementing subrack

management in the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform?
The SMM is responsible for implementing subrack management in the
MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform.

Answers Which board is responsible for implementing subrack cascading
in the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform? How many cascading
subracks are supported by the MSOFTX3000 hardware?
The SWU and SWI together are responsible for implementing subrack cascading in the
MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform. The MSOFTX3000 hardware supports a maximum of
nine subracks for cascading.
How many configuration types of does the UPB have in the

MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform? What are their functions?
In the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform, the UPB is classified into UPBA0 and UPBA1.
The UPBA0 can serve as a service process board that is configured with specified
processes such as the CCU or BSG. The UPBA1 can server as a server board that is
configured with the OMU or iGWB.
What kind of physical interfaces can be provided by the SUI in

the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform? How many types can these
interfaces be classified into?
In the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform, the USI provides the 100/1000M auto-sensing
Ethernet interfaces, which can be classified into the OMC interface, NTP interface,
charging interface, interception interface, and broadband signaling interface.

Contents
Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 3 Boards

Section 1 Signal Flow of the IPMB Bus
Section 2 Signal Flow of the Base Plane
Section 3 Signal Flow of the Fabric Plane
Section 4 Signal Flow of the TDM Clock

and Signaling
Section 5 Others

Signal Flow of the IPMB Bus - In a Subrack
交换网板
SWU 交换网板
SWU
SWU SWU
SMM SMM OMU OMU UPB

CSCF
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
USI USI
USI USI TDM plane (narrowband service plane)
Fabric plane (service plane)
GE/FE GE/FE Base pane (management plane)

IPMB plane (device management plane)
OM LAN
维护 Switch
Lanswitch OM LAN
维护 Switch
Lanswitch Management message flow
IPMB management message flow
LMT
IP Network

Signal Flow of the IPMB Bus - Among Subracks
SWI SWI SWI SWI

交换网板
交换网板
SWU
SWU 交换网板
SWU
SWU SWU
SWU SWU
SWU
SWU SWU
OMU OMU
OMU UPB
CSCF
UPB UPB
UPB
CSCF
SMM
SMM SMM
SMM CSCF
UPB CSCF
UPB
UPB
后插板后插板
SUBRACK USI USI 0
SUBRACK 0
2框 2 USI USI
GE/FE GE/FE
TDM plane (narrowband service plane)
维护LAN
OM Lanswitch
switch 维护 Lanswitch
OM LAN switch
Base pane (management plane)
Management message flow

LMT IP Network


and Signaling
Section 5 Others

Signal Flow of the Base Bus - In a Subrack
交换网板
SWU 交换网板
SWU
SWU SWU
SMM SMM OMU OMU UPB

CSCF
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
USI USI
USI USI
GE/FE GE/FE Fabric plane (service plane)
维护 Lanswitch
OM LAN switch 维护 Lanswitch
OM LAN switch IPMB plane (device management plane)
LMT
IP Network

Signal Flow of the Base Bus - Among Subracks
SWI SWI SWI SWI

交换网板
SWU 交换网板
SWU SWU SWU
SWU SWU
OMU OMU UPB

CSCF
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
CSCF
UPB
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
2框
USI 后插板
SUBRACK 2 USI
USI USI SUBRACK 0
Fabric plane (service plane) GE/FE GE/FE

Base plane (management plane)
维护 Lanswitch
OM LAN switch 维护 Lanswitch
OM LAN switch
IMPB plane (device management plane)

LMT IP Network


and Signaling
Section 5 Others

Signal Flow of the Fabric Bus - In a Subrack
交换网板
SWU 交换网板
SWU
SWU SWU
UPB OMU
UPB
OMU UPB
CSCF
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
USI USI
USI
GE GE

Signaling
维护LAN Switch
Lanswitch Signaling LAN Switch Service flow
IP Network

Signal Flow of the Fabric Bus - Among Subracks
SWI SWI SWI SWI

交换网板
SWU 交换网板
SWU SWU SWU
SWU SWU
OMU
UPB OMU
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
CSCF
UPB
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
2框
USI 后插板
SUBRACK 2 USI
USI USI SUBRACK 0
GE/FE GE/FE
Signaling LAN Switch Signaling LAN Switch

Service flow
IP Network


and Signaling
Section 5 Others

Signal Flow of the TDM Clock and Signaling –
In a subrack
B B E E
I I 1 1 Each SWIA provides one BITS interface and two
T T ETI* ETI#
S S
8-kHz line clock interfaces. After the SWIA
0 1 receives a BITS clock source, the BITS clock
8kHz source is divided into two sources in the SWIA.
One of the sources is used for the current board
2Mbps/2MHz
and the other is used for the corresponding
standby board. Therefore, from the view of the
clock module, each SWIA can provide a
SWI SWI maximum of two BITS lock sources and two 8-
kHz line clock sources, that is, four clock
SWU SWU sources.

UPB OMU
UPB
OMU UPB
CSCF
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB Base pane (management plane)

Service flow
ETI ETI
Narrowband signaling flow
Narrowband clock flow

Signal Flow of the TDM Clock and Signaling –
Among subrack
B B E E
I I 1 1
T T ETI* ETI#
S S
0 1
8kHz
2Mbps/2MHz
SWI SWI SWI SWI

交换网板
SWU 交换网板
SWU SWU SWU
SWU SWU
IPMB plane (device management plane

OMU Service flow
UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
Narrowband signaling flow
ETI ETI ETI ETI Narrowband clock flow

SUBRACK 2 SUBRACK 0

Section 4 Signal Flow of the TDM Clock and

Signaling
Section 5 Others

Time Synchronization Signal Flow
SWI SWI SWI SWI

交换网板
SWU 交换网板
SWU SWU SWU
SWU SWU
OMU OMU UPB

CSCF
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
CSCF
UPB
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
2框
USI 后插板
SUBRACK 2 USI
USI USI SUBRACK 0
TDM plane (narrowband service plane) GE/FE GE/FE Description:

Fabric plane (service plane) 1. The RTC subboard is configured in the USI7, the back
IP Network board corresponding to the OMU.
Base pane (management plane) 2. The OMU sets and reads time in the RTC subboard
through the CPU.
IPMB plane (device management plane) 3. Boards in a subrack or in different subracks implement
time synchronization through the Base plane and the NTP
Time synchronization signal flow
NTP protocol.
server 4. The RTC subboard provides a built-in Stratum-2 clock
oscillator (0.4PPM), which ensures the preciseness of the
time if the NTP server is disconnected.

Signal Flow of the KVM Over IP
SWI SWI SWI SWI

交换网板
交换网板
SWU
SWU 交换网板
SWU
SWU SWU
SWU SWU
SWU
SWU SWU
OMU OMU
OMU CSCF
UPB
UPB UPB
CSCF
UPB
SMM
SMM SMM
SMM CSCF
UPB CSCF
UPB
UPB
后插板
USI 后插板
USI 0
SUBRACK
2框 2 USI USI SUBRACK 0
GE/FE GE/FE
Fabric plane (service plane) OM
维护LAN Switch
Lanswitch 维护
OM LAN
Lanswitch
Switch

Management message flow LMT IP Network
In the ATCA platform, each UPB functions as a server, and the KVM over IP provides a remote KVM function. With the KVM over IP, you
can access to the information of any UPB (a maximum of eight boards at the same time) in any subrack over the OMC interfaces provided by
the OMU.
The UPB exchanges the VIG interface information and KVM analog information with the SMM through the IPMB bus. The SMM then packs
the information to IP packets and sends them to the local maintenance terminal through the OMC interface provided by the OMU board.

Questions
 How many types of signal flow are provided by the

 If the hardware of a board is faulty in the MSOFTX3000
OSTA2.0 platform, how is an alarm generated for this failure?
 In the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform, how is the clock
distribution among the narrowband clock subracks
implemented? How is the narrowband signal flow
implemented?
 In the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform, how is the time
synchronization implemented?
 In the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform, which boards does
the signal flow of KVM over IP pass through?

How many types of signal flow are provided by the MSOFTX3000
Answers OSTA2.0 platform?
There are four types of signal flow: IPMB bus signal flow, Base plane signal flow, Fabric plane
signal flow, and TDM bus signal flow.
If the hardware of a board is faulty in the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0

platform, how is an alarm generated for this failure?
The faulty board generates an alarm and reports the alarm to the SMM in the subrack through
the IPMB bus. The SMM then reports the alarm to the OMU through the Base plane.
In the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform, how is the clock distribution

among the narrowband clock subracks implemented? How is the
narrowband signal flow implemented?
The SWI in subrack 0 generates the internal reference clock after locking the external
reference clock, and then delivers the internal reference clock to the SWU in subrack 0. The
SWU then delivers the reference clock to each ETI in the current subrack through the TDM
bus. For the clock distribution among subracks, the SWU in subrack 0 delivers the internal
reference clock to the SWI in each expansion subrack through the Base cascading interfaces.
The SWI then retracts the reference clock and delivers it to the corresponding SWU, and the
SWU is responsible for delivers the reference clock to each ETI.
After being exported through the E1 interface of the ETI, the narrowband signaling is
processed for MTP1 and partial MTP2, and then delivered to the corresponding UPBs for other
processing.

Answers
In the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform, how is the time
synchronization implemented?
The time synchronization is implemented through the Base bus. The OMU board
synchronizes time with NTP server through the NPT interface provided by its
corresponding back board and stores the time in the RTC subboard in the back
board. The time provided by the TRC subboard is considered as the system time
of the MSOFTX3000. All the modules in the system synchronize time through the
Base bus and NTP protocol.
In the MSOFTX3000 OSTA2.0 platform, which boards does

the signal flow of KVM over IP pass through?
The signal flow of the KVM Over IP passes through the UPBs, SMMs, SWUs,
and OMU board.

Contents
Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 3 Boards

Chapter 5 Cascading and Cabling
Section 1 PDB Monitoring Cable
Section 2 Cascading Cable Among Subracks
Section 3 External Cable of the OMU/iGWB
Section 4 Broadband Service Cable
Section 5 Narrowband Service Cable

Installation of PDB Cables
PDB
The PDB working status is monitored by

the SMMs in the subrack located at the
bottom of a cabinet. For example, in an
OSTA2.0 RACK
integrated configuration cabinet, the PDB is
monitored by the SMMs in subrack 0, and
in a service processing cabinet, the PDB is
monitored by the SMMs in subrack 2.
During installation, one end of the PDB
cable is connected to the serial port OSTA2.0 RACK
connectors in the monitoring panel at the
rear of the PDB and the other end is
connected to the COM2 serial ports in the
SDMs.
The PDB cables are configured before
delivery; therefore, you need not configure OSTA2.0 RACK
them on site.

Installation of Power Cables from the PDB to
Internal Components of a Cabinet
Cabinet Switches Component
Integrate (A7 and A8) / (B7 and B8) SUBRACK-1 (expansion

d subrack 1)
configurat
A2/B2 MRMU
ion
cabinet A3 LANS-1
B3 LANS-0
A1 KVMS
(A9 and A10) / ( B9 and SUBRACK-0 (basic
B10 ) subrack 0)
Service (A7 and A8 ) / ( B7 and B8) SUBRACK-1 (expansion
processin subrack 3)
g cabinet (A9 and A10) / ( B9 and SUBRACK-0 (expansion
B10 ) subrack 2)
Power cables have been bundled to cabinets before

delivery. If a cabinet is configured with subracks, LAN
Switches, and MTMU before delivery, the power cables
among these components have also been configured.
During capacity expansion, the power cables must be
reconnected on site.

Section 2 Cascading Cable Among
Subracks
Section 3 External Cable of the OMU/iGWB

Subrack Cascading
 Subrack cascading is implemented
SWI SWI
through the GE interfaces provided by the
0 0 SWIs. The SWIs in expansion subracks
1 1
2 2 are connected to the SWIs in the basic
3 3
4 4 subrack through cables. One cable is
5 5
6 6
7
required for the Base bus and Fabric bus.
7
0 0  Principle for using ports: from the top to

1 1
2 2 the bottom and the topmost port first
3 3
4 4
5 5  Only LAN0 is available in an expansion
6 6
7 7 subrack. (The narrowband clock is
0＃
extracted through LAN0 of the Base
plane.)
SWI SWI SWI SWI
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 Base/TDM cascading interface
5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 Fabric cascading interface
7 7 7 7
1＃ 2＃

Subrack Cascading Diagram
Base cascading interface
Fabric cascading interface
 Subracks are connected using straight-through cables. Each subrack

should be configured with four cables.
 The interfaced provided by the SWI should be used from top to bottom.
The LAN0 of an expansion subrack is permanently used for connection.

Section 1 PDB Monitoring Cables

Subracks
Section 3 External Cables of the

OMU/iGWB
Section 4 Broadband Service Cables
Section 5 Narrowband Service Cables

Cable Configuration of the Back Board
Corresponding to the OMU Board
OMC interface
NTP interface
Interception interface
 The OMU board is generally configured in front slots 4 and 5 of subrack 0. Its corresponding back
board is the USIA7, which provides six 100M/1000M autonegotiation Ethernet interfaces.
 The USIA7 provides three logical interfaces, namely, OMC interface, NTP interface, and interception
interface. For details, see the figure above.
 Note that the physical cable connection must be consistent with the data configuration.

Cable Configuration of the Back Board
Corresponding to the iGWB Board
Charging interface
 The iGWB board is generally configured in front slots 4 and 5 and slot 8 and 9 of a subrack. Its
corresponding back board is the USIA1, which provides four 100M/1000M autonegotiation Ethernet
interfaces.
 The iGWB board supports only one charging interface, which is the first interface (from the top to the
bottom) of the USIA1, that is, Card3 LAN0. For details, see the figure above.


Subracks
Section 3 External Cable of the

OMU/iGWB

Broadband Signaling Cable Configuration
Broadband interface
To the IP Backbone network
 The back board corresponding to the UPB that is configured with an IFM process is the USIA1. Such
UPBs are generated configured in slots 0 and 1 of a subrack. The USIA1 provides four 100M/1000M
autonegotiation Ethernet interfaces.
 The broadband interface refers to the first interface (from the top to the bottom) of the USIA1, that is,
Card3 LAN0. For details, see the figure above.

Broadband Signaling Cable Configuration
 All the broadband signaling is

routed to an LAN Switch and then
collectively routed to the IP bearer
network. (not applicable to China
Mobile)
 LAN Switches are connected to
each other through two ports and
have been configured with the
Trunk function.


Subracks
Section 3 External Cable of the

OMU/iGWB

Narrowband Clock Cable Configuration
8 kHz clock interface
BITS0
BITS1
BITS clock interface
 The SWIA1 provides narrowband clock interfaces, namely, 2-Mbps/2-MHz BITS clock for external synchronization and
8-k clock interface. The SWIA1 can be installed only in back slots 6 and 7 of subrack 0.
 The 8k clock is retrieved by the ETIA from the E1 links and then exported to the SWIA1. Note that the 8-kHz clocks of
the same SWIA1 must be provided by two different ETIAs.
 The BITS clock is provided by the external BITS device. The ATCA platform supports two independent BITS clock
sources.

Trunk Cabling Configuration
Trunk cable
connectors
 The EITA0 or EITA2 provides narrowband

signaling interfaces for the system. Each interface
supports 16 E1 lines.
 The trunk cables is classified into 75-ohm trunk
cables and 120-ohm trunk cables.
 During cable layout, all the trunk cables are led
from the ETIs to a 2-U cabling though, and then
laid along the both sides of a cabinet.

Questions
 How to configure the cascading cables in the

 Which logical interfaces are provided by the back board
corresponding to the OMU board? How are the cables
connected?
 Which board provides the narrowband clock interface?
How many types of clock interfaces are provided? How
are the cables connected?
 Where are the broadband signaling interfaces
configured in a subrack? How the cables are
connected?

Answers
How to configure the cascading cables in the MSOFTX3000
OSTA2.0 platform?
Each OSTA2.0 subrack requires four straight through cables for cascading, with two
cables for each SWI, one for the Base plane, and one for the Fabric plane. The SWI
provides eight interfaces for the Base plane and eight interfaces for the Fabric plane. All
the interfaces provided by the SWI in subrack 0 can be used in the sequence from 0 to
7. For the other subracks, only interface LAN0 is available among the interfaces
provided by SWI. (For details, see P90.)
Which logical interfaces are provided by the back board

corresponding to the OMU board? How are the cables connected?
The back board corresponding to the OMU board provides three types of interfaces:
OMC interface, NTP interface, and interception interface. The physical port numbers
corresponding to these three interfaces are Card2/Lan0, Card2/Lan1, and Card4/Lan0.
For details about the cable connection, see P93.

Answers
Which board provides the narrowband clock interface?
How many types of clock interfaces are provided? How
are the cables connected?
The SWI (to be specific, SWIA1) provides the narrowband clock interfaces,
support the external BITS clock source and 8-kHz line clock source. For
details about the cable connection, see P99.
Where are the broadband signaling interfaces configured

in a subrack? How the cables are connected?
The narrowband signaling interface is generally configured in slots 0 and 1.
The corresponding front board is configured with the IFM process. For
details about the cable connection, see P95.

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 Hardware configuration, types of buses and

 Functions, external interfaces, cable connection,

 Signal flow among boards

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Chapter 2 Overall System

Chapter 4 Signal Flow

Chapter 5 Cable Connection

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Section 1 Introduction to the

Section 2 Hardware Platform

Section 3 OSTA2.0 Platform

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Section 1 Introduction to the

Section 2 Hardware Platform

Section 3 OSTA2.0 Platform

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 Non-authentic Open Standard Platform

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Subrack size 9 U (height), 19“ (width) 13 U/14 U (height), 19“(width)

Board size 6 U x 160 mm x 0.8 inch 8 U x 280 mm x 1.2 inch

Board power 35 W-50 W 150 W-200 W

Backplane bandwidth 4 Gbps＋2.4 Gbps 2.4 Tbps (Full Mesh)

I/O Limited: FE Extensive: GE, FC, SCSI and so on

Subboard PMC, not hot-swap PMC & AMC (hot-swap)

Management OK IPMI specification

Clock/upgrade/test bus NO Yes

Regulatory Conformance Vendor specific In standard

Subrack costs Low High

Lifecycle costs High Low

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Section 1 Introduction to the

Section 2 Hardware Platform

Section 3 OSTA2.0 Platform

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SWI SWI SDM SDM

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 Compared with the OSTA1.0 platform, what are

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How many types of buses are provided by the

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Chapter 2 Overall System

Chapter 4 Signal Flow

Chapter 5 Cable Connection

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 The MSOFTX3000 uses the N68E-22 cabinet:

 Dimensions: 600 x 800 x 2200 (width x depth x

 Available space inside: 46 U (1 U = 44.45 mm )

 A maximum of three OSTA2.0 subracks

 Weight: 100 kg (400 kg in full configuration)

 Single-door providing the air filter, with the

 Supporting up to 8 KW heat dissipation

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 A cabinet is configured with a 3-U PDB that

 An integrated configuration cabinet can be