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RELY-TSN-PCIe

Time-Sensitive Networking Endpoint Bridge PCIe NIC

Overview

Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) allows to combine critical and best effort traffic in a unique deterministic and interoperable Ethernet network. This offers significant cost reductions in terms of equipment investment, maintenance, seamless integration and single vendor dependence reduction.

Introducing RELY-TSN-PCIe, a groundbreaking TSN endpoint bridge PCIe NIC that is simplifying deterministic Ethernet networks with ease. With 2 multimedia Gigabit Ethernet ports and 2 internal ports, this device functions as both a PCIe TSN Endpoint and a TSN Bridge, making it easy to integrate TSN technology into any system. 

RELY-TSN-PCIe leverages Xilinx UltraScale™ FPGA technology, which offers specialized networking, synchronization, and security services. Its FPGA-based design ensures adaptability to evolving TSN standards. This platform is supported by a robust ecosystem and expertise from SOC-E, ensuring a seamless retrofitting process from start to finish.

Key Features

  1. COTS systems retrofitting to add advanced TSN features, to support deterministic communications
  2. FPGA-based solution, powered by SOC-E’s in-house designed technology, to be easily upgraded as TSN standards evolves
  3. “Zero-Packet Loss” redundancy using TSN FRER for selected traffic combined with MSTP
  4. Simplified management and monitoring via a user-friendly HTTPS web interface or SSH accessible CLI. Compliant with Qcc for centralized configuration through YANG model configuration files
  5. Comprehensive TSN Ecosystem offering combined with SOC-E’s TSN Expertise, to deploy a turnkey project
  6. Ethernet network drivers available for most OS (Linux, Windows and other RTOS)

Technical Specifications

  • Communication Interfaces

    • 2x 100/1000BASE-SFP TSN Ethernet ports
    • 1x 1G PCIe port for attachment to a host computer

  • Layer 2 Features

    • IEEE 802.3-2008 (Ethernet)
    • Automatic MAC address learning and aging
    • Static MAC Table
    • Port-Based Virtual LANs (VLANs):
      • Logical segmentation of network for optimal use of bandwidth
      • IEEE 802.1Q for VLAN tagging (up to 4K VLAN groups)
      • IEEE 802.1p for Class of Service (CoS) / Quality of Service (QoS)
    • IEEE 802.1AB for Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
    • Port rate limiting
    • Storm control for flooded broadcast, multicast and unicast
    • Layer 2 multicast filtering
    • IGMP Snooping (up to 1024 multicast filters)
    • Spanning Tree Protocol:
      • IEEE 802.1D (STP)
      • IEEE 802.1w (RSTP)
      • IEEE 802.1s (MSTP)

  • TSN Features

    • IEEE 802.1AS – Timing and Synchronization
    • IEEE 802.1Qav – Credit Based Shaper (CBS)
    • IEEE 802.1Qbv – Time Aware Shaper (TAS)
    • IEEE 802.1Qci – Per-Stream Filtering and Policing
    • IEEE 802.1CB – Frame Replication and Elimination for Reliability (FRER)
    • IEEE 802.1Qcc – Stream Reservation Protocol (SRP) Enhancements and Performance Improvements

  • Security

    • IEEE 802.1X for port-based network access control
    • MAC port binding & authentication for login security
    • RADIUS authentication
    • RBAC (Role Based Access Control)
    • Selective ports disabling capability
    • Unsecure protocols disabling capability
    • HTTPS for web interface
    • Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol v2 for command line interface
    • Encryption/authentication & signature for firmware and bitstream

  • Configuration & Management

    • HTTPS web interface
    • SSHv2 command line interface (CLI)
    • Netconf protocol (YANG model-based configuration) support
    • Encrypted and digitally signed firmware/bitstream upgrades
    • Saving and restoring configuration
    • Internal status monitoring and logging
    • Event notification through Syslog
    • Statistics independent per port
    • In-band management via any Ethernet switch port

  • Processing

    • Xilinx UltraScale+ MPSoC device:
      • 2x 64bit CPU ARM-Cortex-A53
      • 2x 32bit CPU ARM-Cortex-R5F
      • 1x 16nm UltraScale+ FPGA
    • 2GB DDR4 RAM memory
    • 16GB eMMC Flash memory
    • 256Mb QSPI Flash memory

  • Physical & Electrical Characteristics

    • Fanless design
    • Dimensions (mm): 121(W) | 168(D) | 18(H)
    • Weight: 255g
    • Power Input as defined in PCI-express standard:
      • +12VDC
      • +3.3VDC
    • Operating temperature: -40°C to +55°C
    • Storage temperature: -40°C to +85°C
    • Full-Height PCIe card mounting

  • Warranty

    • 2 years

  • Certifications

    • UNE-EN 61326-1:2013
    • UNE-EN 61326-2-1:2013

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