The CPC6400 is the first, full wire speed 24 port Layer 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet switch capable of fulfilling the promise of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG®) 2.16 standard. This innovative switch enables developers to reach speeds of up to 40 times that of PCI-based systems by offering up to 4 Gigabits of bandwidth to every slot of a standard or extended 2.16 CompactPCI® chassis

Compatible with both generic CompactPCI and 2.16 midplanes, the CPC6400 enables designers to build systems that are much faster, far more scalable and fault tolerant than is possible using bussed backplanes. Featuring 24 Gigabit ports, it is designed to be used as either a high speed interconnect between devices in a chassis or as a core switch in a fault tolerant cluster of embedded systems.

Developers of wireless, IP telephony, broadband access, public safety, defense and high availability systems are continually seeking increased system bandwidth, performance and reliability, all the while striving to get to market more quickly. The combination of the IPnexus™ CPC6400 and PICMG 2.16 deliver a very powerful method for reaching these goals. The PICMG 2.16 standard offers OEM system developers and integrators the option of sending all Ethernet signals through an industry standard midplane. These connections are far more reliable and easier to manage than cables.

Coupled with comprehensive switching and high availability features, the CPC6400 raises embedded design performance to a new level. The CPC6400 is the latest addition to the most complete and capable line of embedded Ethernet switching products in the industry.

The CPC6400 supports a long list of features including 802.3AD Link Aggregation, 802.1q VLANs, port mirroring and 802.1p QoS/CoS that ensures priority traffic receives the handling it requires. The switch can be deployed in a fully redundant, non-blocking network that prevents single points of failure from halting network traffic.

Features/Benefits

The CPC6400 has been specifically designed to make embedded system integration tasks easier, so your products can get to market sooner. It comes with a potent scripting language that can be used to easily change switch configuration/behavior, attached client setups, fail-over rules, etc., based on SNMP traps, network events or system configuration/topology changes.

The CPC6400 maximizes network performance and flexibility. It can be used as a stand-alone switching solution, coupled to other switches for greater port capacity, or used in a fully redundant, fault tolerant fashion. When attached to two CPC6400s, devices with dual Ethernet ports can either communicate through one switch at a time in an active/standby mode, or through both switches simultaneously for greater bandwidth. If a link, PHY or switching node fails in the active/standby mode, data can be re-routed to an alternate path, maintaining network connections.

Designed with the utmost regard for reliability, the CPC6400 maximizes network uptime by continuously checking its health. If a problem is detected, the switch will de-assert all links, signaling the attached devices to use another route. The replacement unit can obtain all of its operational and configuration information from the surviving CPC6400 or an external manager, making change-out of failed modules a simple matter of sliding one blade out and replacing it with a new one. The new unit "clones" its setup from the configuration stored on the survivor. The CPC6400 has no active components on its rear panel I/O cards, ensuring failed units can easily be replaced without disturbing cables or other blades in the chassis.

The CPC6400 is ideal for demanding network applications. Each blade "learns" and caches up to 32K MAC addresses in its filtering database and sustains full wire speed data rates on all ports with its 40+ Gbps switching fabric, eliminating congestion in even the busiest environments.

The CPC6400 protects investments for the long term with easy FTP/TFTP updates to platform flash memory. System software is available through downloads from our Web site (www.pt.com), greatly simplifying or eliminating the need for dedicated on-site network administration.

The CPC6400 continues Performance Technologies' long tradition of offering high-availability, fault tolerant solutions for the embedded computing, telecom and data communications industries.

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