SBS Technologies has announced the Cascade SE2.16, a highly flexible broadband processing systems platform, available from Metromatics , for high availability telecommunications applications.
As part of SBS' Cascade high availability systems product line, the SE2.16 is designed for high-performance, high bandwidth applications requiring packet switching based systems.
Cascade SE2.16 features a modular design that give OEM customer's maximum flexibility when building individual systems.
Conforming to PICMG 2.16 standards, SE2.16 offers access to a wide range of SBS application blades that are available both independently and with the system configuration.
As part of the standard HA platform, Cascade SE2.16 includes a Fabric Switch (FS2.16), System Controller (RSS14), and twelve I/O blades (IOB2.16).
Suitable for high performance telecommunications applications, the Cascade SE2.16 has 20 slots, 12 of which can be configured for any application, with two non-blocking fabric switch blades and two system controllers for enhanced system management.
The chassis has a "high-availability" configuration with N+1 redundant power supplies, as well as fabric and controller modules. The chassis can be deployed as a standalone system without any fabric or controller cards, or as a full system.