MCEs Flashcards
General
Commercial off the shelf hardware fitted into military grade cabinets.
Hard mounted to deck shock mounted inside
CW system (6/4) need more details
Watertight, airtight, and dust protected
Network switch (except MCE 11) RAS (except MCE 12)
MCE 1&2
Central network hub and main information pathway for CMS and its subsystems. Identical in composition, and are synchronized to allow for seamless transition should one fail.
Core switch - main info pathway, redundant network backbone, 48 port Ethernet module w 10 G Ethernet module, connected via Fiber Edge Switch (Sirius, elisra, essm, 57, mass)
Fiber Edge Switch - used to connect computers, servers, and subsystems that are located within the vicinity of each cabinet. Sends data packets only where they need to go (ahwcs, ndds, ciws)
Network time protocol servers 1&2 - receives reference time from ndds.
MCE 3&4
Tactical servers: computing resources and power to run software modules. They operate on red hat enterprise Linux and utilize dual core 2.5 GHz processors with 16 GB memory. 12 servers .. 1 and 7 are system starters.. interconnected for RnS
Storage array and server: 12 x 450 gb SATA hard drives for any app that requires permanent storage
MCE 5
I/O processing servers 101&103
-connects legacy to core switches .. translates to TCP-IP standard
(Cantass, ciws, sps, srd-504, ramses, wvp-b)
DLPS - link 11 and 16. sharing tactical information .. tracks
SETT servers 1&2- onboard training and sims
(Can’t fire ahwcs)
Audio DCA - shincom voice to MCE 12
MCE 6
I/O processing servers 102&104
(HMS and WVP-O)
LSD and kvm servers: control and configuration of LSDs (4 ops, 1 br, 1 co)
Export computer generated forces (cgf) server
Runs AHWCS, generates GUI, interacts with SETT
MCE 7
Non À/V DCA - buttons pressed .. 32 TB storage space ~ 30 days
(8 screens - ORO, SWC, TS and 2 Fcs)
Power vault 1&2 - array of hard drives (18 - ranging anywhere .. 73 -146 GB)
MCE 8
2 additional SETT servers (1 is multilink)
Advanced refractive effects prediction system (AREPS) - current and historical meteorological data to predict optimal radar performance settings. 3 days = good
MCE 9
RDU - distributes radar data over cms network.
Radar interface modules (RIMs) convert analog data into low bw bitmap data format (high bw multicast ip stream is down converted)
(Nav radars, 3D, 2D air and surface, fcs a n b)
Local control display computer
MCE 10
VSU provides means of converting and distributing camera video data to JPEG 2000 format over an IP network via multicast stream
Vims (similar to RIms)
Shinnads, seoss, sps, ciws, fcs a n b
Smart s goes thru it’s SP to VSU thru NW switch to core switch.
MCE 11&12
MCE 12
4 storage array containing a/v data collected from 11.
48 port switch
MCE 11 contains a/v grabbers that grab data from 12.
MCE 11 does not connect directly to CMS, but instead connects via Ethernet to the port switch in 12, which connects via fibre to core switch 1
