3U VPX Ethernet switch for military embedded computing applications introduced by Interface Concept

BRIEC-DE-L´ODET, France, 22 July 2011. Interface Concept in Briec-De-L´Odet, France, is introducing the 3U OpenVPX ComEth4410a Ethernet fabric switch for aerospace and defense high-speed switch fabricembedded computing applications.The ComEth 4410a is built on the same architecture as the Interface Concept ComEth 40xx family, and supports full-wire-speed L2 bridging and L3 routing with L2-L4 advanced traffic classification, filtering, and prioritization. Managing the ComEth 4410a is the Interface Concept Switchware.For the data plane, the ComEth 4410a implements a modular PCI Express Gen2 switch, delivering as much as 32 gigabits per second of switching capacity with low latency.

The switch supports several simultaneous peer-to-peer traffic flows. Each port can be configured as the upstream switch port. Non-Transparent bridging (NTB mode) supports several NT endpoints (for external PCI Express domains or CPUs).

Systems designers can split the switch in independent partitions, and the switch has a micro-controller dedicated to the management plane (VITA 46.11). For more information contact Interface Concept online at www.interfaceconcept.com.

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