Sun Microsystems CP3220 manual System Configurations, AMC Modules

1.4System Configurations

Sun Netra CP3220 blade servers can be installed into an ATCA shelf (chassis), as shown in FIGURE 1-4. The blade servers can be deployed in various electrical configurations to suit user requirements. For example, the blade server can be configured to boot from a network as a diskless client with either a front panel or advanced rear transition module (ARTM) network connection. The Sun Netra CP3220 blade server has a slot for a Compact Flash card (optional) and 8 DIMM sockets for memory.

FIGURE 1-4Sun Netra CP3220 Blade Server in Shelf Enclosure

	Rear I/O
Remote server	transition module
	Serial connector	Terminal
	10 meters or less
		console

Ethernet connection

ATCA shelf	Sun Netra CP3220
	blade servers

1.4.1AMC Modules

The Sun Netra CP3220 blade server has two AMC slots, with four lanes each of PCIe, to provide additional I/O to the front panels or to the rear of the enclosure when used with an advanced rear transition module.

The Sun Netra CP3220 blade server supports AMC.1 Type 4E2 cards, as defined by the AMC specification.

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