Specifications

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PREFACE
About this manual
ThismanualdescribesthePromentum®ATCA‐4500,ATCA‐4550,andATCA‐4555compute
processingmodules(CPM),whichoffercompliancewithAdvancedTCA®(PICMG3.0
AdvancedTelecommunicationsComputingArchitectureR2.0).Themodulescanbe
incorporatedintohighavailability(HA)systems,suchasthePromentumSYS‐6010,
SYS‐6014,andSYS‐6016.
UsethismanualasareferencefortheoperationandmaintenanceoftheATCA‐4500,
ATCA‐4550,andATCA‐4555CPM.ForinstructionsoninitialsetupoftheCPM,seethe
ATCA‐4500,ATCA‐4550,ATCA‐4555ComputeProcessingModuleInstallationGuide.
Thesimplifiednameof“CPM”or“module”isusedinplaceof“ComputeProcessing
Module”and“ATCA‐4500”or“ATCA‐4550”or“ATCA‐4555”inthismanual.
Thematerialpresentedhereisnotintroductory;itassumesyouarealreadyfamiliarwith
theintendeduse
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oftheCPMinyourorganization’sATCAplatform.
What’s new in this manual
Thismanualhasbeenupdatedwiththefollowingchanges.
•IntheProductoverview,astatementwasaddedaboutreviewingthelatest
PromentumreleasenotestodeterminethesupportedCPMoperatingsystems
Foradditionalinformationaboutnewfeatures,resolvedissues,andknownlimitationsfor
theCPM,refertothePromentumproductreleasenotes.