ATCA Carrier Board with IPMI supervisory circuit

Linear accelerators, like FLASH or X-FEL need to fulfill strict requirements concerning high reliability and availability. Therefore, both hardware and software should be designed in such a way to ensure high reliability. The Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture standard offers high performance compute platform which allows to design reliable systems that can meet the requirements of the mentioned accelerators. High service availability can be obtained through multiple redundancies, fault recovery sub-systems, built-in diagnostics and platform event logging. The paper focuses on the prototype AdvancedTCA Carrier Board with three Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) bays and implementation of Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). The presented system makes a significant contribution towards the Low Level Radio Frequency (LLRF) control system of the FLASH laser.

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