3.6.2EIDE/ATA for Compact Flash

An EIDE/ATA-133 bus is derived from a SATA port on the ICH9 IO Hub via an SPF223A SATA to IDE converter.

The Sun Netra CP3250 blade server contains one on-board 50-pin Type II Compact Flash connector for use with a Compact Flash Card. The connector is located so that access to the Compact Flash card is provided only when the card is removed from the ATCA chassis.

3.6.3SAS/SATA

The Sun Netra CP3250 blade server supports AMC drives (SAS or SATA), that contain their own PCIe based controller chip connecting to the system via the PCIe Bus. The Sun Netra CP3250 blade server supports an AMC that contains drives using Port 2 or 3 SAS connections only when the Netra CP32x0 ARTM-HD is present. The SATA lines from the ICH9 chip are not connected.

If present, the Netra CP32x0 ARTM-HD drives the AMC Port-2 signals. This support speeds up to 3 Gb/sec.

There is no support for drives mounted directly to the blade server, and the Sun Netra CP3250 blade server itself does not contain any native support for SAS or SATA drives.

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Sun Microsystems CP3250 manual EIDE/ATA for Compact Flash, 3 SAS/SATA