PT-CPC4416F Ribbon Ethernet Switch PICMG 2.16 Fabric Board

The Performance Technologies CPC4416 is a robust, flexible, full wire-speed Layer 2/3 10/100/1000 Ethernet switch compatible with both standard CompactPCI and PICMG 2.16 backplanes. Featuring 24 10/100 + 2 Gb TX ports, it is designed to be used as a high-speed interconnect between devices in a PICMG 2.16 chassis or as a core switch in a fault-tolerant cluster of embedded systems.

The CPC4416 has been specifically designed to make embedded system integration tasks easier, so projects can get to market sooner. This switch can be deployed in a fully redundant, non-blocking network that prevents single points of failure from halting network traffic. Devices with dual Ethernet ports can be connected to one or both switches. If a link, PHY, or the continuous, real-time integrity test fails on the switch, data can be re-routed to an alternate path, thereby maintaining network connections.

This switch as a very low mean-time-to-repair (MTTR). The replacement unit can obtain all of its operational and configuration information from the other CPC4416 or from an external manager, making change-out of failed modules as easy as sliding one blade out and replacing it with a new one. The CPC4416 has no active components on its rear panel I/O cards, which ensures that failed units can be easily replaced without disturbing cables or other blades in the chassis.

The CPC4416 is intended for use in high-availability, fault-tolerant solutions for embedded data communications, wireless, IP telephony, broadband access, defense, aerospace, and high availability systems.