ATS and Solaris

Date June 1, 2005

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 Agenda

• I/A Series V8.1 Review

• ATS features, details and I/A Series V8.1

guidelines

• Solaris Workstation Upgrade Strategies

 V8.1 ATS Release Review

Solaris, XP XP SP2 XP SP2

Solaris, XP

V7.0 Control Network The Mesh Control Network

NCN ATS FBM

I 200 Series I/O
Nodebus

CP10 – CP60 CP60 FCP270 ZCP270

FBM FBM

100 Series or
200 Series I/O
 ATS Agenda
• ATS Market Needs

• ATS Features

• ATS Installation Details

• ATS Module Specifications

• V8.1 and ATS Capabilities

• Future ATS Capabilities

• Migrating Carrierband LAN to

The Mesh
 ATS Market Needs
• Allow extensions of existing Nodebus based systems
with Mesh Network workstations and controllers
• Provide Carrierband LAN replacements and upgrades
• Provide Nodebus consolidations with Mesh Network in
lieu of Carrierband LAN
• Enable upgrades of nodebus based workstations with
Mesh based workstations
• Enable upgrades of nodebus based controllers with
xCP270 controllers
 ATS Features

• Z-Module Form Factor ,Optionally Redundant

• Installs in standard 1x8 slot(s)
• Choice of 100MB fiber or copper connections to Mesh Network
• Dual nodebus connection per module
• Dual Mesh network connections per module
• Designed to functionally replace LAN Interface module
• No ATS module configuration or programming required
• Translates message destinations from nodebus to Mesh and vice versa
• Price: approx. $6,000/module
ATS Installation Details
 ATS Module Specifications
• Communication speed: 10 Mps nodebus side, 100
Mbps Mesh Side
• Raw Packet throughput: Up to 3000 pps (Nodebus
limited to 600 pps sustained)
• Minimum I/A Versions Supported: V6.1 on nodebus,
V8.1 on Mesh
• Redundant module switchover time: < 1 second
• CE Certification? No, requires enclosure
• Environmental: 0-60C, Same as ZCP270
• Max Fiber cable distance to Mesh switch: 2 km
• Max Copper cable distance to Mesh switch: 100 m
• Requires V8.1 Workstation as a boot host
 Extending a node with an ATS
Solaris, XP XP XP

Solaris, XP

V7 Control Network The Mesh Control Network

NCN ATS FBM

I 200 Series I/O
Nodebus

CP10 – CP60 CP60 Or CP40 FCP270 ZCP270

FBM FBM

100 Series or
200 Series I/O
 Migrating Carrierband LAN to Mesh
with ATS (Step 1)
ATS CP’s DNBT LAN Interface
(CBLI)

Switches
Nodebus

Redundant Carrierband

V8.1 Mesh
Control Network

CP’s DNBT LAN Interface

(CBLI)

Nodebus

CP’s DNBT LAN Interface

(CBLI)

Nodebus
 Migrating Carrierband LAN to Mesh

(Step 2)
ATS CP’s DNBT LAN Interface
(CBLI)

Switches
Nodebus

Redundant Carrierband
V8.1 Mesh
Control Network

ATS CP’s DNBT LAN Interface

(CBLI)

To Switches Nodebus

CP’s DNBT LAN Interface

(CBLI)

Nodebus
 Migrating Carrierband LAN to
Mesh (Step n)
ATS CP’s DNBT LAN Interface
(CBLI)

Switches
Nodebus

Redundant Carrierband
V8.1 Mesh
Control Network

ATS CP’s DNBT LAN Interface

(CBLI)

To Switches Nodebus

ATS CP’s DNBT LAN Interface

(CBLI)

To Switches
Nodebus
 Consolidating Multiple Nodes with ATS/
Mesh Network
ATS CP’s DNBT

Nodebus
V8.1 Mesh
Network

ATS CP’s DNBT

Nodebus

ATS CP’s DNBT

Nodebus
 ATS and V8.1 guidelines
• ATS’s can be connected to nodes at V6.x or V7.x.
• The host of an ATS must be a workstation at release V8.1 or later.
• ATS supports OM and alarm messages without changes to the
user interfaces or controllers.
• A node can have only one ATS.
• Only one node in a multi-node system may have both an ATS and
an LI.
• Multiple ATS’s on one IA system can connect to only one V8.x
network
• ATS raw message throughput capability is much greater than a
node can generate.
• Nodebus hosts cannot boot Mesh based controllers but nodebus
hosts can boot nodebus based controllers thru ATS
 Future ATS Capability Planned
• V8.x hosts booting nodebus based controllers: CP60,
CP40B, CP30B, AB30B, MD30B, DI30B, and ACM’s
(note, no plan to support A style controllers)
• V8.x hosts configuring nodebus based controllers
(including ICC, FoxCAE and IACC)

Release details TBA!!!!!!!!!!!!

 ATS - More information

• ATS PSS 21H1C4 B3

• ATS User Guide: B0700BP

 ATS Questions?

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 Solaris Workstation Upgrade Strategies

• Agenda:

– Solaris Platform Roadmap

– Solaris Workstations on the Mesh guidelines

– Solaris Upgrade Strategies

 I/A Series
Solaris Platform Roadmap
        2004 2005 2006

Platfor
  m     Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

P79 Solaris based workstation SB150 V7.x V8.x

P80 Solaris based workstation

SB2000 V7.x             V8.x

P81 Solaris based workstation

SB1500 V7.x V8.x

P81 Successor 'Chicago'                 V8.x

 Solaris on the Mesh guidelines
• V8.2 Solaris on the Mesh will be based on Solaris 10
• V8.2 Solaris will be offered to existing P79/P80/P81
customers to allow upgrades from V7.x to V8.x.
• Follow on platform to P81/SB1500 will be Chicago The Mesh Control Network
platform (Sun is discontinuing SPARC based
desktops)
• Display Manager may not be offered with V8.2 due to
change in Window Manager- Foxview only support
• V8.2 Solaris will include boot hosting and configuration
of style B nodebus controllers over ATS plus xCP270’s
• V8.2 Solaris will include system monitoring of Style A
nodebus controllers over ATS – customers can either
retain V7.x host or upgrade controllers.
 More Solaris on the Mesh Guidelines
• V8.2 Solaris will include Foxview 10.x
• V8.x Solaris will use UTC for system time (no more daylight savings time
transition issues)
• V8.x XP functionality not planned for Solaris V8.x:
• Time synchronization (requires V8.x XP workstation in the
configuration)
• SOE, TDR (requires V8.x XP workstation in the configuration)
• Message Manager (requires V8.x XP workstation in the
configuration)
• Foxdraw 10.x runs on XP only
• No control-in-the-box on Solaris V8.x
• Informix removed from media, to be offered separately for
custom applications
• Continued focus on XP platforms for engineering tools
Solaris Upgrades from V6.x
Solaris Solaris Solaris

Solaris 2.5.1 Solaris 2.5.1

V7.x Control Network

NCNI
V6.x
Nodebus

CP10 – CP60 CP60

FBM
Solaris Upgrades with V8.1 Mesh Network

Solaris Solaris Solaris XP

V7.x Control Ethernet The Mesh Control Network

NCNI ATS FBM

200 Series I/O

Nodebus

CP10 – CP60 CP60 FCP270 ZCP270

FBM FBM
 Solaris on the Mesh with V8.2

Solaris Workstations sold today can be migrated to V8.2 in the future

Solaris Solaris Solaris XP

The Mesh Control Network

ATS FBM

200 Series I/O

Nodebus

CP10 – CP60 CP60 FCP270 ZCP270

FBM FBM
 Solaris Upgrade Strategies Recap
• I/A Series Workstations will continue to be offered with
Solaris OS
• V7.x Solaris Workstations can be offered with a Mesh
network and new controllers via ATS
• V7.x Solaris Workstations purchased now can be migrated to
V8.x later
• P79, P81 workstations will be available through much of
2006.
• Solaris 10 based workstation will be introduced with V8.x
• V8.x Solaris based systems will require an XP
engineering workstation
• New Engineering tools will be supported on Windows XP
only but they will work with Solaris based systems
Solaris Upgrade Strategies

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