• Kontron Technology India Private Limited

Configuration Management Software

Kontron Technology India Pvt Ltd has announced the introduction of its new application ready MicroTCA™ Starterkit which is operational out-of-the box. MicroTCA™ Starterkit includes the Kontron MicroTCA™ system OM6060 with AC-Power supply and an entry-level MicroTCA™ Carrier Hub (MCH) AM4901 together with the new Kontron MicroTCA™ Configuration Management Software OMVIU. Kontron OMVIU delivers a Graphical User Interface for fast and convenient system configuration. All Kontron MicroTCA™ systems are managed over IPMI. The MCH is in charge of this type of management: it checks electronic keying before booting-up the system; it controls the power, hot-swap cycles and fans. Also, IPMI allows monitoring the system, i.e. to check system event logs, monitor the health of the system and to take measures in case of problems. In order to facilitate system configuration over IPMI, Kontron provides the Kontron OMVIU graphical user interface. The OMVIU is a Java based tool and allows remote monitoring and control of MicroTCA systems on any Java enabled platform. The intuitive GUI allows the simultaneous access to several MicroTCA shelf or carrier managers. The product supports Kontron’s entire AMC/MicroTCA portfolio and any standard compliant system (backplanes, fan units, power modules), MCH or AMC from other vendors. With Kontron OMVIU, all remote control and visualization can be done via mouse clicks, without the deeper level of knowledge and experience required for a command line interface (CLI). The Kontron OMVIU graphical user interface helps to create remote controlled MicroTCA™ systems, including extensibility for vendor-specific recognition and graphical representation of extra boards and components. With its trace and error logging facilities it is possible to track behavior of components with respect to conformance to standards. During development, lab evaluation, and deployment, the remote system may be supervised with user notification on changes.