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As a demonstration of ATCA's standards-based, multivendor, best-of-breed approach to platform integration, Force Computers, collaborating with Intel, recently demonstrated a four-SBC ATCA system with multiple redundant internals at Telecom World Geneva.

Built on Force's Centellis DS 31KX development system, the demo configuration incorporates a 13U/14-slot ATCA chassis with cooling; a Shelf Management Controller with SNMP remote access; and a redundant-fabric Ethernet switch. Two of the SBCs are by Force - they're ATCA-710 Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor - M blades running MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 3.0. Additional Force components include dual Force Fibre Channel ATCA storage blades - for server applications.

Intel equipment occupied a second shelf: two Intel NetStructure MPCBL0001 High Performance Single Board Computers, also running MontaVista Linux; and an Intel IXMB2401 Single Network Processor Base Card (ATCA blade) with Intel IXA application software for DSLAM - simulating streaming video via DSL.

Controlling system high availability was GoAhead Software's SelfReliant 7500 HA middleware - adapted and tightly integrated into Force's EndurX HA product series. The middleware permitted configuring the system's four processors as active and standby master and active and standby client - demonstrating application failover.

Mass storage was provided through Solid Technologies' Autonomic Data Management Platform - also integrated with Force's EndurX HA series - and GoAhead SelfReliant; providing a hot-standby database configuration for five-nines controller card data reliability.