ATCA enables hardware redundancy, but in order to use these features in a platform solution, software is required. An ATCA chassis typically houses two switches with each node blade has a connection to each switch; one of those in a primary connection. Middleware is required to implement this primary connection.

Radisys has designed the backplane redundancy running off of Switch software for both 10GbE and 40GbE platforms, allowing you to take advantage of redundancy without writing software or integrating 3rd party software.