Kontron VX3910 gigabit ethernet switch

The gigabit ethernet switch, VX3910, offers 3U VPX (VITA 46.x) and OpenVPX (VITA 65) platforms enterprise-class switching functionality with a total of 28 gigabit ethernet ports and advanced management features.

With its implemented embedded network technology, which offers the same feature set and operational interfaces across multiple form factors, it simplifies IPv4/v6 inter-and intra-platform networking, reducing efforts for open application-ready and long-term available COTS platforms.

The non-blocking, fully managed L2/L3 switch, with its 20x gigabit ports to the backplane, is claimed to offer the highest port density for the implementation of various network topologies in 3U appliances.

Four additional 2.5 gigabit ports to the backplane simplify a redundant system architecture with multiple switches with no single point of failure. The four 1000 Base-T uplinks on the front panel, one dedicated for out-of-band management, expand the range to a total of 28 ports. The device is available in an air-cooled version for ambient temperatures from 0 to +55°C and in a rugged conduction-cooled version for the extended temperature range from -40 to + 85°C.

The switch allows flexible implementation of network-centric situational-awareness and high-performance embedded computing applications including military, medical, energy and in autonomous systems such as UAVs and AUVs.

Also, complex vetronics applications (vehicle electronics), extremely rugged embedded multiprocessing systems, as well as rapidly deployable networks in VPX and mixed VPX/VME environments are among the target applications.

It is equipped with an AMCC PowerPC switch controller and individually customisable software and firmware.

It supports all relevant standards, such as L2 and optional L3 switching, including extensive VLAN support with VLAN tagging (IEEE 802.3ac), dynamic VLAN registration with GARP/GVRP (IEEE 802.1Q) and protocol-based VLANs (IEEE 802.1v) as well as QoS (IEEE 802.1p).

It also supports numerous optional routing protocols such as OSPFv2, RIPv2, VRRP, VLAN routing and DHCP relay for an accessible network of different network segments.