CPC7301A-1A Performance Technologies Intelligent Shelf Manager (ISM)

The Ribbon / Performance Technologies CPC7301 Series Intelligent Shelf Managers offer a comprehensive management architecture that delivers high availability protection with reliable, redundant, and Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) standards-based management to all the major components in the shelf.

The CPC7301 is a 3U, single-slot, Intelligent Shelf Manager (ISM) card for Ribbon / Performance Technologies platforms. It provides centralized management and alarming for system power supplies, fan trays, fabric slots, and node slots, including single board computers and I/O cards. The ISM may be paired with a redundant, standby ISM for use in high availability applications. A dedicated ISM-to-ISM link allows redundant ISMs to synchronize management data and polling for failover. The ISM provides comprehensive user and software interfaces via Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Application Programming Interface (API), Command Line Interface (CLI), Remote Management Control Protocol (RMCP), and a Web interface. The single slot, 6U, RTM4820 Rear Transition Module (RTM) provides rear panel access to the I/O functions of two redundant CPC7301A ISMs.

As part of the Advanced Managed Platform offering, the CPC7301 provides hot-swap slot control and monitoring of IPMI-based omponents in the chassis. When thresholds, such as temperature and voltage, are crossed or a failure occurs, the ISM captures these events, stores them in an event log, sends SNMP traps, and drives the telecom alarm relays and alarm LEDs. User-defined scripts and applications allow OEMs to extend functionality directly into the ISM. The ISM can query FRU information (such as serial number, model number, manufacture date, etc.), detect presence of components (such as fan tray, CPU board, etc.) and perform health monitoring of each component. In addition, the ISM controls the user-defined power-up sequencing of each slot via radial BD_SEL# signals.

In conjunction with Ribbon / Performance Technologies AMP platforms, the CPC7301 provides a point-to-point IPMI connection from the ISM to each individual node or fabric slot, to the power supply subsections, and to the fan tray section in the chassis, much like an Ethernet switch in a star topology.

The ISM acts as the primary Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) for the entire chassis, eliminating any cross traffic between two points of the star.