I-BUS Industrial Partner

8U CompactPCI® Sparc Netra™ Blade NEBS Compliant Platform Simple Type: CPU Board

The state-of-the-art Continuon™ 8U/ESCompactPCI platform is the highest density CompactPCI based system platform on the market today, and the first to employ I-Bus patented Fail-Safe OptiCool™ technology. In 8U of space, all critical modules are easily accessible and fully hot-swap. It supports full I/O card hot-swap to PICMG 2.1 R2.0, a 4 SCA hot-swap SCSI disk array, N+1 redundant hot-swap power supplies, and patented redundant, hot swap power input modules. In 8U the most critical component is the cooling. I-Bus continues to lead the CompactPCI market with the patented Fail-Safe OptiCool™ method of push-mix-pull cooling. Fail-Safe Opticool incorporates a unique lower hot-swap fan array that takes advantage of the axial direction of the fans to most efficiently pressurize the air at the bottom of the chassis. The unique mixing tray can be tuned to mix the intake air, redirect the air upward and distribute the air to where it is needed most, even in the event of a single fan failure. To direct the air through the cards, drives and power supplies, three individually hot-swap blowers pull the low pressure air upward and direct it toward the rear of the chassis. Optimization of cooling, noise and blower life expectancy is achieved with the addition of the optional I-Bus Chassis Management Controller (CMC), which provides independent speed control for the individual blowers and the fan array. The CMC is added in its dedicated slot at the rear of the chassis. Additional features include a 14-slot CPCI/H.110 backplane and NEBS compliance. The Continuon™ 8U/ESis one of the Premier High Availability solutions that provides better than industry-average CompactPCI systems on the market.

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