Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a device for realizing fusion exchange of RapidIO and Ethernet, which can realize RapidIO exchange and Ethernet exchange simultaneously.
The embodiment of the invention provides a device for realizing fusion exchange of RapidIO and Ethernet, which can comprise:
a configuration module, a RapidIO switching module and an Ethernet switching module, wherein,
the configuration module is used for providing a first interface and a second interface through external control;
the configuration module is connected with the RapidIO switching module through the first interface; and is connected with the Ethernet switching module through the second interface;
the configuration module is used for correspondingly configuring the RapidIO switching module through the first interface; correspondingly configuring the Ethernet switching module through the second interface;
the RapidIO exchange module is used for providing a RapidIO data interface outwards through corresponding configuration of the configuration module so as to realize corresponding service data exchange through the RapidIO data interface;
the ethernet switching module is configured to provide a first ethernet interface to the outside through corresponding configuration of the configuration module, so as to implement corresponding service data switching through the first ethernet interface.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the ethernet switching module is further configured to provide a second ethernet interface to the outside through corresponding configuration of the configuration module, so as to implement corresponding service management through the second ethernet interface.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the configuration module is further configured to provide a management gateway to the outside, so as to log in a Web interface through the management gateway, and perform routing configuration, Vlan (Virtual local area Network) partitioning, and port management on the RapidIO switching module and the ethernet switching module, respectively.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the configuration module is further configured to provide a debugging serial port to the outside, so as to perform routing configuration, Vlan partition, and port management on the RapidIO switching module and the ethernet switching module in a command line form through the debugging serial port, respectively.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the first interface includes: a RapidIO interface;
the second interface includes: a PCIE (peripheral component interconnect express) interface.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the second ethernet interface includes: a 16-way gigabit ethernet SFP (Small Form-factor plug) interface.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the RapidIO data interface comprises: 40G RapidIO QSFP + (Quad Small Form-factor plug plus, Quad Small Form plug-in) data interface.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the first ethernet interface includes: a 40G ethernet QSFP + interface.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the configuration module includes: CPU (Central Processing Unit) with model number P3041.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the RapidIO exchange module comprises: the RapidIO exchange chip is of the model number RXS 2448.
Preferably, the first and second electrodes are formed of a metal,
the Ethernet switching module comprises: an ethernet switching chip model 98EX 5421.
The embodiment of the invention provides a device for realizing fusion exchange of RapidIO and Ethernet, which can comprise: the configuration module, the RapidIO switching module and the ethernet switching module are controlled to provide a first interface capable of being connected with the RapidIO switching module and a second interface connected with the ethernet switching module during specific implementation, so that the configuration module can be respectively connected with the two modules through corresponding interfaces and respectively configured, the RapidIO switching module can provide a RapidIO data interface outwards according to corresponding configuration, and the ethernet switching module provides a first ethernet interface outwards according to corresponding configuration.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer and more complete, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention, and based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts belong to the scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for implementing a RapidIO and ethernet converged switch, where the apparatus may include:
a configuration module 101, a RapidIO switch module 102 and an ethernet switch module 103, wherein,
the configuration module 101 is configured to provide a first interface 1011 and a second interface 1012 through external control;
the configuration module 101 is connected to the RapidIO switch module 102 through the first interface 1011; and to the ethernet switching module 103 via the second interface 1012;
the configuration module 101 is configured to perform corresponding configuration on the RapidIO switch module 102 through the first interface 1011; and correspondingly configure the ethernet switching module 103 through the second interface 1012;
the RapidIO switching module 102 is configured to provide a RapidIO data interface 1021 for external use through corresponding configuration of the configuration module 101, so as to implement corresponding service data switching through the RapidIO data interface 1021;
the ethernet switching module 103 is configured to provide a first ethernet interface 1031 outwards through corresponding configuration of the configuration module 101, so as to implement corresponding service data switching through the first ethernet interface 1031.
In the above embodiment, the apparatus may include: the configuration module, the RapidIO switching module and the ethernet switching module are controlled to provide a first interface capable of being connected with the RapidIO switching module and a second interface connected with the ethernet switching module during specific implementation, so that the configuration module can be respectively connected with the two modules through corresponding interfaces and respectively configured, the RapidIO switching module can provide a RapidIO data interface outwards according to corresponding configuration, and the ethernet switching module provides a first ethernet interface outwards according to corresponding configuration.
In order to satisfy both RapidIO data exchange and ethernet data exchange for some special application scenarios and satisfy ethernet for service management, in an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the ethernet switching module 103 is further configured to provide a second ethernet interface 1032 to the outside through corresponding configuration of the configuration module 101, so as to implement corresponding service management through the second ethernet interface 1032.
In the above embodiment, while the ethernet switching module performs service data switching through the first ethernet interface, the ethernet switching module may also output 16 channels of gigabit ethernet SFP interfaces to perform service management through the 16 channels of interfaces, thereby meeting the requirements of some special application scenarios on management of the gigabit ethernet network.
In order to implement the relevant configuration, management and the like of the RapidIO switching module and the ethernet switching module, the embodiment of the invention can be implemented by two management modes of Web and a command line.
The first management mode is as follows: as shown in fig. 3, the configuration module 101 is further configured to provide an external management port 301, so as to log in a Web interface through the management port 301 to perform routing configuration, virtual local area network Vlan splitting, and port management on the RapidIO switch module 102 and the ethernet switch module 103, respectively.
The second management mode is as follows: as shown in fig. 3, the configuration module 101 is further configured to provide a debug serial port 302 to externally perform routing configuration, Vlan splitting, and port management on the RapidIO switch module 102 and the ethernet switch module 103 in the form of a command line through the debug serial port 302, respectively.
In order to implement RapidIO and ethernet converged switching, that is, to implement RapidIO data switching and ethernet data switching simultaneously, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first interface includes: a RapidIO interface; the second interface includes: a PCIE interface.
In the foregoing embodiment, specifically, the configuration module may be connected to the RapidIO switching module through a Rapid IO X4, and may be connected to the ethernet switching module through a PCIE X2.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the second ethernet interface includes: a 16-way gigabit ethernet SFP interface. In an embodiment of the present invention, the RapidIO data interface includes: a 40G RapidIO QSFP + data interface.
For example, the RapidIO switching module in the above embodiment may be an RXS2448 switching chip of IDT company, the high-performance SerDes channel of the RXS2448 chip may provide a single channel with multiple transmission rates such as 1.25, 2.5, 3.125, 5.0, 6.25, 10.3125, and 12.5Gbaud, and the maximum rate of the X4 channel may reach 50Gbps in a full duplex mode.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first ethernet interface includes: a 40G ethernet QSFP + interface.
For example, the ethernet switching module in the above embodiment may adopt a 98EX5421 ethernet switching chip, the 98EX5421 chip has 48 Serdes Lanes, each Serdes Lane may be configured as 1, 2.5, 5, or 10G Port as needed, and 4 10G ports may be configured as one 40G Port.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration module includes: a central processing unit CPU of model P3041.
In the above embodiment, a Freescale P3041 can be selected as a CPU, the P3041 is a 4-core high-performance CPU, the CPU is implemented by using a 45nm process, the main frequency reaches 1.5GHz, the power consumption is only 15.7W during normal operation, and the external port can be flexibly configured to be a multi-Interface such as a Gigabit ethernet, an SGMII (Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface), a PCIE, and a Rapid IO by modifying RCW.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the RapidIO switch module includes: the RapidIO exchange chip is of the model number RXS 2448.
The RXS2448 chip is based on RapidIO 3.0 specification, has 48 paths of serial channels, can be flexibly set to be 12 x4, 24 x2 and 24 x 1 port working modes through the configuration of a configuration module, can be configured to 24 ports at most, provides non-blocking full duplex switching capability, and can realize that 8 40G RapidIO QSFP + data interfaces are externally provided so as to meet the requirements of data switching and service management of a multi-path server and a storage device.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the ethernet switching module includes: an ethernet switching chip model 98EX 5421.
In order to more clearly describe the method for implementing the RapidIO and ethernet converged switching, the following will describe in detail by taking the apparatus for implementing the RapidIO and ethernet converged switching shown in fig. 4 as an example. Fig. 4 includes: p3041CPU (401), RXS2448 switch chip 402, 98EX5421 ethernet switch chip 403, management port 4011, debug serial port 4012, 8-way RapidIO QSFP + data interface 4021, 8-way ethernet QSFP + interface 4031, 16-way gigabit ethernet SFP interface 4032, and power supply (for supplying power to the whole, not shown in the figure), wherein the CPU401 is flexibly configured by modifying RCW so as to provide interfaces for connecting RXS2448 switch chip 402 and 98EX5421 ethernet switch chip 403, such as RapidIO interface and PCIE interface, respectively, and then after the two chips are connected to the CPU401, the two chips can be configured by the CPU401 respectively, so that the RXS2448 switch chip 402 can provide 8-way RapidIO QSFP + data interface 4021 to the outside, so that storage devices and the like can perform RapidIO data exchange and service management, and the configuration makes the 98EX 403 can provide ethernet QSFP + data interface 4021 and ethernet 4032-way ethernet switch chip 4038-way ethernet SFP + SFP interface 4032 to the ethernet switch chip 4038, therefore, 4031 can be used for carrying out Ethernet-based service data exchange, 4032 can be used for carrying out gigabit Ethernet service management, and therefore the device can simultaneously realize RapidIO exchange, Ethernet-based data exchange and gigabit Ethernet-based service management, and can be widely applied to various network exchange and RapidIO exchange mixed exchange systems.
Because the information interaction, execution process, and other contents between the units in the device are based on the same concept as the method embodiment of the present invention, specific contents may refer to the description in the method embodiment of the present invention, and are not described herein again.
In summary, the embodiments of the present invention have at least the following advantages:
1. in an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus may include: the configuration module, the RapidIO switching module and the ethernet switching module are controlled to provide a first interface capable of being connected with the RapidIO switching module and a second interface connected with the ethernet switching module during specific implementation, so that the configuration module can be respectively connected with the two modules through corresponding interfaces and respectively configured, the RapidIO switching module can provide a RapidIO data interface outwards according to corresponding configuration, and the ethernet switching module provides a first ethernet interface outwards according to corresponding configuration.
2. In the embodiment of the present invention, an ethernet switching module is further used to provide a second ethernet interface, such as a 16-way gigabit ethernet SFP interface, so that during a process of simultaneously implementing RapidIO data switching and ethernet data switching, service management based on gigabit ethernet can be implemented by using a 16-way gigabit ethernet SFP interface.
3. In the embodiment of the invention, the method can also provide abundant interfaces, has higher performance, autonomous and controllable configuration and convenient management, and can be widely applied to various network switching and RapidIO switching mixed switching systems. In addition, the embodiment of the invention is relatively simple, has lower cost and has good popularization value.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: all or part of the steps for realizing the method embodiments can be completed by hardware related to program instructions, the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program executes the steps comprising the method embodiments when executed; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as ROM, RAM, magnetic or optical disks.
Finally, it is to be noted that: the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, and not to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.