Sun Microsystems Netra CP3060, User Manual

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C H A P T E R
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Introduction to the Sun Netra
CP3060 Blade Server
This chapter contains the following sections:
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Section 1.2, “Features of the Sun Netra CP3060 Blade Server” on page 1-2
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Section 1.3, “Sun Netra CP3060 Blade Server System Configurations” on page 1-7
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Section 1.4, “Hot-Swap Support” on page 1-11
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Section 1.5, “System Requirements” on page 1-11
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Section 1.6, “Technical Support and Warranty” on page 1-13
1.1 Overview of the Sun Netra CP3060 Blade
Server
The Sun Netra CP3060 blade server is a high-performance single-blade server
computer based on one UltraSPARC
®
T1 multicore processor and designed for high
availability in a switched network computing environment. This blade server is
compliant with Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture
®
(ATCA) specifications
(PICMG
®
3.0 and PICMG 3.1) and can achieve greater performance levels than
compactPCI (cPCI) standards-based products targeted for telco markets.
The PICMG (PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group) standards committee
has developed the new ATCA (or PICMG 3.x) standard to address the issues posed
by previous standards based on cPCI and cPSB (PICMG 2.x). The PICMG 3.x
specification brought the following changes to the existing PICMG 2.x family of
products:
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Larger board space (8U high compared to 6U for cPCI), which allows more
features and processing power
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On-board power supplies deriving local power from redundant
−
48V power from
the midplane (rather than separate power supplies)