"Having a consistent standard is the first step to making AdvancedTCA a marketable solution for mainstream communications platforms. CP-TA is working to create a true 'industry standard' by narrowing the options for specification implementation and certifying interoperable building blocks. I see the efforts of the CP-TA as a key enabler for a new generation of communications platforms." ∼ Jim McGregor, Principal Analyst, In-Stat

Interoperability Compliance Document (ICD)

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The Interoperability Compliance Document (ICD) is the foundation document for the CP-TA Certification Program. The ICD defines objective and verifiable interoperability criteria and maps to test procedures in the Test Procedure Manual (TPM). Using the ICD in conjunction with the TPM, vendors will be able to design and build interoperability into their products.

The ICD 1.1 release addresses thermal, manageability and data transport interoperability domains for PICMG’s AdvancedTCA specification and is aligned to the system-level profile developed by SCOPE Alliance. The enhanced release includes new thermal requirements as well as improved mapping for the manageability requirements to the Test Procedure Manual. The entire document has been updated to provide better clarity for the requirements.

Thermal Manageability Data Transport

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CP-TA INTEROPERABILITY COMPLIANCE DOCUMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE AND ACCESS

IMPORTANT--READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR DOWNLOADING THE CP-TA INTEROPERABILITY COMPLIANCE DOCUMENT ("ICD"). BY ACCESSING OR DOWNLOADING THE ICD POSTED ON THIS PAGE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT, AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT ACCESS OR DOWNLOAD THE ICD POSTED ON THIS PAGE.

This agreement is between you and Communications Platforms Trade Association ("CP-TA"):

1. Permitted Access, Download and Use. The copyright in the ICD is owned by CP-TA. Any content included in the ICD which is excerpted from the AdvancedTCA® specification is owned by PICMG-PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, Inc. in the United States and other countries and used with permission. This Agreement allows you to access and download the ICD for your internal use. You may also reproduce and distribute the ICD in its entirety to others, so long as all attributions, copyright and trademark notices, and all terms and conditions of this Agreement are included with each copy of the ICD you distribute or transmit to any third party. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, you may not reproduce, display, distribute, publish, transfer or use, in whole or in part, the ICD, nor create derivative works based on the ICD.

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