Sun has enhanced the industry's first NEBS-certified CompactPCI (cPCI) commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) telecom blade servers with the release of the NetraTM CT 410 and 810 cPCI telecom blade servers, the NetraTM CP2140 and CP2160 cPCI blades and the NetraTM High Availability (HA) Suite Foundation Services (FS) 2.1 software.

Designed for reliability and flexibility, Netra CT 410 and 810 cPCI telecom blade servers are Sun's full upgrade of the Netra CT server product line offering OEMs ruggedized systems that scale to 16 processor blades per shelf and 48 processor blades per rack. These systems offer the telecom industry the most comprehensive system management services, including comprehensive processor and element management, remote alarm function, lights out management and hot swap control of all system components. The system management software components provide connectivity to high availability software packages running the SolarisTM Operating Environment (Solaris OE), including the Netra HA Suite software and the new version, FS 2.1.

Netra CT 410 and 810 servers take compute and I/O density to the next level with full satellite support in all I/O slots, allowing each blade to behave as a networked enterprise server sharing support resources including storage, I/O cards, Power Supply Units (PSUs) and fans. With the Netra system management and HA software, the system can create up to 7 node clusters in a single cPCI bus segment. Upgraded system management features FRU ID for active components and additional midplane features, including PICMG 2.9 IPMI system management and HA Hot Swap.

The Netra CP2140 and CP2160 cPCI blades are based on open industry standards and provide OEMs, systems integrators and VARs the capability to build customized systems based on the same modular architecture. The Netra CT 410 and 810 cPCI telecom blade servers incorporate the Netra CP2140 and CP2160 blades to deliver a powerful platform for deploying IP-intensive, carrier-grade applications and solutions, particularly in the wireless market. Utilizing the UltraSPARCR IIi 650-MHz processor with expanded maximum memory configurations, the Netra CP2140 and CP2160 cPCI blades are compatible upgrades that now pack a 50 percent increase in performance compared to the Netra CP2040 and CP2060/CP2080 cPCI blades respectively. Both blades have Hot Swap control and IPMI system management, enabling customers to easily upgrade and service systems without any downtime.

Succeeding Sun's Netra HA Suite 2.0, Netra HA Suite FS 2.1 software offers additional HA services on the Netra CT platforms to help network equipment providers, developers and systems integrators build HA platforms with virtually no single point of failure. With Netra HA Suite FS 2.1, customers can take advantage of enhanced support for soft partitioning, improved usability, enhanced IP service and cluster management, creating improved overall availability levels. Additionally, Netra HA Suite FS software includes API-free services, and software installation and configuration tools for decreased development costs and faster deployment of HA solutions. The software runs on multiple Sun server platforms that include Sun's Netra servers and cPCI blades. [...read more...]

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