INTELLIGENT PLATFORM MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER FOR NUCLEAR FUSION FAST PLANT SYSTEM CONTROLLERS 17th Real Time Conference IPFN, Lisbon, Portugal, May, 2010 A.P. Rodrigues 1, M Correia 1, A. Batista 1, J. Sousa 1, B. Gonçalves 1, C.M.B. Correia 2, C.A.F. Varandas 1 1 Associação Euratom/IST, Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear-Laboratório Associado, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal. 2 Grupo de Electrónica e Instrumentação do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Outline Hardware Platform Management Overview ATCA/xTCA Hardware Management Intelligent Platform Management Controller IPMC Hardware Implementation on ATCA/xTCA PCIe Carrier Summary

3 Hardware Platform Management! What for? What are the motivations?

4 Overview Global system management motivations Help on installation and initial plant systems setup and tests Remote system reconfiguration and monitoring Functional module operation management (application specific program selection) Remote firmware maintenance (programming and version control) Modules stock management Hardware maintenance information Hardware Platform Management

5 Overview Local shelf motivations Hardware failure detection and on the fly resolution (with redundant systems and procedures) Hot insertion/removal modules possibility Temperature monitoring and fan control Power management of each module and shelf Optimization on shelf power consumption In the ATCA case, to have compatibility between modules that share ATCA shelf resources (E-Keying) Hardware Platform Management

6 Architecture IPMC features and elements Compliance with IPMI specification required by PICMG® 3.0 ATCA® Base Specification messaging ATCA requires a command subset for IPMC and MMC Shelf Manager and ShMC (BMC in IPMI) I 2 C redundant (2x) bus or radial (IPMB-0) I 2 C radial (IPMB-L) to communicate with MMC in the AMC/ARTM modules in Carrier blades Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) information Sensor Data Record (SDR) descriptor Shelf-External System Manager Optional 2x radial IP capable transport ATCA/xTCA Hardware Management

7 Architecture ATCA/xTCA Hardware Management

8 Hardware Architecture IPMC main elements and features IPMC module (CoreIPM OPMA sodimm module) PEM for carrier payload and management power AMC/ARTM payload and management power chip IPMB-0 (A & B channels) IPMB-L isolated and controlled I 2 C bus I 2 C bus for other peripherals Ethernet on Base Interface Other IPMC mandatory peripherals (LEDs, Handle switch, Temperature sensors, WDT) JTAG functionality for AMC/ARTM, FPGA and IPMC µProc Store FRU and SDR data descriptor Intelligent Platform Management Controller

9 Hardware Architecture IPMC on ATCA/xTCA PCIe Carrier

10 Hardware Architecture IPMC on ATCA/xTCA PCIe Carrier

11 Conclusion The IPMC implementation is almost finished in an xTCA AMC PCIe Carrier It will be implemented in other xTCA blades developed by the IPFN group Total compliance with xTCA and AMC PICMG 3.0 modules is to be achieved Software development of IPMC has already begun Taking advantages of the ATCA hardware platform management, the xTCA AMC PCIe Carrier can be used in experiences that require large, fast and distributed control systems such as the nuclear fusion experiments

12 References M. Correia, J. Sousa, A.P. Rodrigues, A.J.N. Batista, B. Gonçalves, C.A.F. Varandas and C.M. B. A. Correia, “ATCA/xTCA-Based Hardware for Control and Data Acquisition on Nuclear Fusion Fast Control Plant Systems”, conference proceedings of 17th Real Time Conference, IPFN, Lisbon, Portugal, May, 2010 IPMI - Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification, v1.5, Revision 1.1, Feb. 20, 2002 IPMI - IPMI v1.5 Addenda, Errata, and Clarifications Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification v1.5, revision 1.1 Addendum Document Revision 5, January 29, 2004 IPMI-IPMB - Address Allocation Document V1.0, Document Revision 1.0. September 16, 1998 PICMG® 3.0 Revision 3.0 AdvancedTCA® Base Specification PICMG® 3.4 R1.0 Specification - PCI Express™∕Advanced Switching for AdvancedTCA® Systems PICMG® AMC.0 R2.0 - Advanced Mezzanine Card Base Specification PICMG® AMC.1 R2.0 - PCI Express® on AdvancedMC™

13 Acknowledgements This work, supported by the European Communities under the contract of Association between EURATOM/IST, was carried out within the framework of the European Fusion Development Agreement. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.

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