Information; Product Description; Purpose Of This Document - Kontron CG2300 Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Information

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Product Description

The CG2300 Carrier Grade Server is the 7th generation of the Kontron 2U Carrier Grade Server products. The CG2300 server
supports Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 series processors, coupling high performance with power efficiency to provide improved
performance-per-watt over previous generation rack-mount servers.
The CG2300 server is designed to meet NEBS-3 and ETSI certification, which makes it suited for a host of applications in the
telecom Central Office and industrial environment. The server is targeted to OSS (Operations System and Support), Billing,
Provisioning, Softswitch, Media Server, Wireless and Unified Messaging, Call Center, and many other applications. The CG2300
server can also support manufacturing, industrial, oil & gas, utility, and even military applications where a rugged, highly reliable
server is required for harsh environments such as dust, high altitude, fire hazard, earthquake propensity, and high ambient
temperatures.
To add to the many recognized benefits of the Kontron Carrier Grade Server family, the CG2300 server introduces several new
important features such as support of Intel® Xeon® v3 (E5-26XX-V3) processors, DDR4 memory, PCIe Gen3, hot-
swap/redundant fans and many flash storage formats (SD, eUSB, M.2).
More detailed product information about the CG2300 server is available on the Kontron website at:
http://www.kontron.com/products/systems/telecom-systems/cg2300-carrier-grade-rackmount-server.html
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Purpose of this Document

This manual is for trained system technicians who are responsible for assembling/integrating systems, configuring hardware,
troubleshooting, upgrading and maintaining this server. This document provides a brief overview of the features of the system
followed by a list of accessories or other components available for purchase, instructions for how to add or replace components
in the CG2300 server, and troubleshooting information.
NOTE: Always be sure to search for CG2300 on the Support website at http://cbu.kontron.ca/for the latest version of this
manual with possible updates since this version was published.
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