Artesyn Communication Products has adopted the TimeSys Linux RTOS for use as a software platform on Artesyn's family of PowerPC-based CompactPCI Packet Switched Backplane (cPSB) telecom boards, according to a statement released by the companies earlier this week. The software/hardware combo will create a carrier-grade real-time for wireless and wireline WAN infrastructure applications such as WAN access, SS7/SIGTRAN signaling and gateways, softswitches, real-time control, and traffic processing, the companies said.

Katana 3750

TimeSys will initially support Artesyn's Katana750i and Katana 3750 boards, both of which are equipped with a PICMG 2.16-compliant cPSB interface. According to Artesyn, the Katana 750i is a single-processor cPSB board with two PMC mezzanine sites that can be configured for various telecom applications by adding custom PMC cards and associated software. The 3750 is based on three PowerPC processors, a pair of external Gigabit Ethernet ports (attached to the cPSB backplane), and a managed Ethernet switch. Both boards provide an I2C-based, PICMG 2.9 Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) which is used for monitoring, control, and management information exchange between the Katana boards and shelf management controllers, Artesyn said.

 
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