Z Microsystems Z MPU manual System Overview, Independent Stand Alone Systems

System Overview

1.0 System

1.1Sealed

1.1Sealed

1.2Independent

1.2Independent

ZMPU

•Shared Chassis -- Shared Peripherals

•Less space, less weight, less power, less cost

The rugged Z MPU delivers four independent computers. Each computer is an Intel or Sun COTS computer encased in its own environmentally sealed hot swappable module.

Each computer is a complete stand alone system with its own dedicated boot disk.

•Hot swappable Sealed Computer Modules (SCM) and Disk modules

•Mix & match platforms and OS’s

The chassis can be quickly populated with SCM’s and hard drives, and can be mixed and matched with Intel and Sun motherboards using IDE and SCSI hard drives.

Each hot pluggable computer and its dedicated disk module is environmentally sealed against sand and dust, effectively reducing maintenance and increasing reliability and system life.

•Independent Stand Alone Systems

Four physically and logically separate computers enable different software applications to run independently.

Each computer has its own dedicated TranzPak 7 disk module, its own external I/O connectors, and shared access to support peripherals.

Each computer has two independent USB busses that are matrix-switched to the array of USB peripherals.