Server User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Sun Netra™ CP3250 Blade Server User’s Guide
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Overview
- Hardware Installation and Service
- 2.1 Safety and Tool Requirements
- 2.2 Installing the Blade Server
- 2.3 Service Procedures
- 2.3.1 Hot-Swapping the Netra CP3250 Blade Server
- 2.3.2 Powering Off the Netra CP3250 Blade Server
- 2.3.3 Removing the Netra CP3250 Blade Server
- 2.3.4 Powering On the System
- 2.3.5 Automatic Power-Off Events
- 2.3.6 Servicing DIMMs
- 2.3.7 Installing the Optional Compact Flash Card
- 2.3.8 Installing Optional AMC
- 2.3.9 Adding or Replacing the Battery
- 2.3.10 Changing Jumper Settings
- 2.3.11 Checking DIP Switch Settings
- 2.3.12 Resetting the Netra CP3250 Blade Server
- Hardware Architecture
- Software Configuration
- Configuring and Using BIOS Firmware
- 5.1 About BIOS Settings
- 5.2 Changing the Configuration of a BIOS Menu Item
- 5.3 Setting the Boot Device Using BIOS Setup Screens
- 5.4 Setting Supervisor and User Passwords
- 5.5 Resetting the System Time and System Date
- 5.6 Updating the BIOS
- 5.7 Secondary BIOS Image
- 5.8 Perform a Live Firmware Upgrade
- 5.9 Power-On Self-Test
- 5.10 Changing POST Options
- BIOS Screens
- Physical Characteristics
- ShMM CLI and Commands
- Index

1-8 Sun Netra CP3250 Blade Server User’s Guide • April 2009
1.4.1 AMC
The Sun Netra CP3250 blade server has one AMC slot, with eight lanes of PCIe, to
provide additional I/O to the front panels or to the rear of the enclosure when used
with an ARTM.
The Sun Netra CP3250 blade server supports AMC mid-height, single wide cards, as
defined by the AMC specification.
1.4.2 Advanced Rear Transition Module
You can install one of the optional Netra CP32x0 advanced rear transition modules
(ARTMs) into the rear of the ATCA shelf, opposite the Sun Netra CP3250 blade
server.
For more information, refer to the following documentation: Sun Netra CP32x0 SAS
Storage Advanced Rear Transition Module, Dual HD User’s Guide (820-3147)
(ARTM-HD)
FIGURE 1-4 shows the physical relationship between the Sun Netra CP3250 blade
server, the ARTM, and the backplane in a typical ATCA system.










