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.