SSC100
FC-AL Embedded
Controller
Product Brief
Overview
The SSC100 is a Fibre Channel NL_Port integrated
circuit tailored for embedded control applications.
When used in conjunction with Vitesse's SSC050 or
VSC055 Backplane Controller, the two devices
create a chip set solution, which scales to meet
system designer's requirements for in-band FC-AL
enclosure management. The SSC100 allows system
designers to take advantage of the connectivity
benefits of Fibre Channel such as cable distance and
addressing when designing systems dependent on
remote embedded control. An embedded 53Mhz, 32-
bit RISC processor provides a processing platform for
monitoring and control firmware. The SSC100
includes three, I2C serial interface bus master
controllers, which allow system designers to use cost
effective, off-the-shelf instrumentation and control
devices. Two UARTs assist firmware development
and out-of-band communication.
Device Features
• Integrated 1Gb/s Serial Transceiver
• Three I2C Serial Interface Controllers
• 32-bit, 53Mhz RISC CPU w/debug port
• Private Loop Direct Attach Profile
• IPMI 1.0 Compatible
• RS-232 Monitor Port
• Four External 1MB Address Ranges
• External Flash and/or SRAM (60ns to 250ns)
• Internal 4KB SRAM
• Eight Programmable General Purpose I/Os
• 100 PQFP Package
Software Development Kit Features
• Modular architecture to support migration to other
I/O technologies and protocols.
• Extensive peripheral device library
• Sample Personality Module source code
X24C16
EEPROM
I2C Serial
Interface
Temperature
Sensor (LM75)
Local I/O (x8)
VITESSE
Embedded
Controller
(SSC100)
Cu or
Optics
PBC_EN VSC7120
PBC_EN
Flash
(64K x 8)
VITESSE
Backplane
Controller
(VSC055)
PBC_EN1
PBC_EN2
PBC_EN3
PBC_EN4
VSC7122
LEDs (x8)
Drive Bay 1
Drive Bay 2
Drive Bay 3
Drive Bay 4
Power Supplies
Fans (x4)
Application for a Single Loop, Single Controller with Four Drives