1-10 Sun Netra CP3250 Blade Server User’s Guide • April 2009
Youcan order a Netra CP32x0 ARTM, build a custom module, or buy one from an
IHV.You must set up a minimal set of I/O for a boot path for the host blade server
and for a path for console I/O to deliver commands and read blade server and
system status.
Possible boot and console configurations are described in TABLE1-1. Sun
Microsystems provides the Sun Netra CP3250 blade server and, optionally,a
compatible Netra CP32x0 ARTM. The ARTMprovides one 10/100/1000BASE-T per
second Ethernet RJ-45 port from the host to the rear of the system. This port can be
used to accomplish, optionally,a network boot as a diskless client. The other
configurations require IHV hardware.
TABLE1-1 I/O Configurations
I/O HardwareRequired Description
Ethernet Netra CP32x0 ARTM,as an
option for rearaccess
The default boot path uses an Ethernet port; the blade server
runs in a diskless client configuration
SAS Netra146-GB hard disk and the
Netra CP32x0 ARTM-HD
Availablewith the optional Netra CP32x0 ARTM-HD or
throughan AMC with SAS capabilities. When the optional
ARTMis installed, connect to the drive(s) via SASports on the
ARTM.
Zone 3 ARTM
Zone 3 ARTM
Serial data
Serial data
Sun Netra CP3250 blade server
Netra CP32x0 ARTM
Serialport A on the front panel provides the path of the default
console I/O.
When an optional Netra CP32x0 ARTMis installed, the
module’s serial port A will become the path of the default
console I/O (FIGURE1-4).
Compact
Flash
IDE Compact Flash card Sun Netra CP3250 blade server supports one, optional IDE
Compact Flash drive, either 8-Gbyte or 16-Gbyte, installed in a
TypeII CF socket on the blade server.