"This new, industry-leading generation of switching devices complements GE Fanuc's range of managed and unmanaged switches based on the PICMG 2.16 specification," explained Douglas Albert, vice president, embedded systems, GE Fanuc Automation. "The AT920 platform will serve customers who are looking to implement AdvancedTCA features - primarily within the central office arena where higher density and throughput are prerequisites." 

The new AT920 Base Hub Board provides up to 16 Gigabit ports to the base interface for management and data transport. One of these ports is routed to the shelf manager controller. A further eight Gigabit Ethernet ports are routed to Zone 3 for rear I/O access and designed to mate with GE Fanuc's Rear Transition Module (RTM) providing eight RJ45 connectors. 

A Layer 3 level switch, the AT920 is a high-level solution capable of being managed via serial console, SNMP, Telnet or a web server interface. The management software capabilities include: QoS on Layers 2/3 and 802.1p tag; 802.3x flow control and back pressure, packet filtering, link aggregation, 802.3ad, 802.1Q VLAN standard, rapid spanning tree, broadcast storm control and port mirroring. The advanced processor implemented on the AT920 offers ToS/DiffServ, rate limiting, policing, priority tagging and remapping.

The AT920 is scheduled for general availability in October 2003. 

About GE Fanuc Automation
GE Fanuc Automation Americas, Inc., is a leading global supplier of automation solutions and is a joint venture between GE and FANUC LTD of Japan. GE Fanuc products and services include collaborative production management, HMI/SCADA and plant intelligence software; nano to high-end controllers; embedded systems; a wide range of CNCs; motion control; operator interfaces; industrial computers; lasers and a wide range of integration and customer support services. Headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., GE Fanuc is part of GE Industrial Systems. For more information, visit www.gefanuc.com. 

About GE Industrial Systems
GE Industrial Systems, a division of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), spans the globe as an industry leader in integrated industrial, electrical and security equipment, systems and services. The business brings to customers the latest technologies that are used to distribute, protect and control energy and equipment, and to provide premise management. GE provides innovative product and service solutions for commercial, industrial, residential and utility customers. For more information visit the website at: www.geindustrial.com.

For more information, visit www.gefanuc.com/embedded or contact: GE Fanuc Automation, 1672 Donlon Street, Ventura, CA 93003, Phone: (805) 650 2111, Fax: (805) 650-2110, e-mail: embedded@gefanuc.com.

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