Linux distro, tools help monitor high-availability systems
Nov 15, 2004 — by Henry Kingman — from the LinuxDevices Archive — views
Performance Technologies (PT) is shipping a Linux environment and development kit for its intelligent shelf management (ISM) cards for high-availability systems. NexusWare ISM includes a 2.4.x-based kernel designed specifically for PT's CPC7301 intelligent shelf management (ISM) card, along with a software stack and tools.
(Click for slightly larger view of CPC7301 ISM card)
The CPC7301 card
The CPC7301 is a 3U CompactPCI form-factor single-card intelligent shelf manager subsystem designed to ensure maximum service availability monitoring sensors and predicting failures in PT's IPNexus systems, PT says. The card provides centralized management and alarming for system power supplies, fan trays, fabric slots, and node slots, PT says.
CPC7301 ISM monitors a variety of components in PT's IPNexus systems
The CPC7301 is based on a 600MHz XScale processor that, in the card's baseline configuration, has 70 percent of its cycles free for third-party applications, PT says. The card includes the CPU, up to 1GB DDR200 SDRAM, peripheral interfaces, and the Linux OS in 16MB Flash.
NexusWare ISM
NexusWare ISM is a Linux-based software suite and development environment that aims to allow programmers familiar with Linux to develop and integrate their applications, edit startup scripts, customize initialization, set IP addresses, and add or modify utilities.
NexusWare ISM includes a 2.4.x-series Linux kernel, standard debug tools, boot image utilties, embedded tools, and APIs.
“NexusWare ISM allows developers to adapt the ISM software to their unique environment, ” said Tony Romero, product manager for Performance Technologies.
Availability
NexusWare is available now, priced at $14,995 for a one-time site license, with an annual maintenance program available for $4,500, including customer support and software upgrades.
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