| Table 1: Intel Itanium Server Blade features | ||
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Memory | Capacity | Max. 64 GB/server blade (if 4 GB DIMM is used) | |
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| Type | DDR2 | |
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| Capacity: 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB | |
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| Configuration: 4 bit x 18 devices, 36 devices | |
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| Availability | Advanced ECC, | |
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Backplane | Node link for | Three interconnect ports | |
interface | SMP |
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| PCI Express | x 4 links, 2 ports | |
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| Gigabit Ether- | GbE (SerDes 1.25 Gb/sec.) 2 ports, Wake on LAN supported | |
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| USB | Two ports per partition | |
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| Fast Ethernet | Two100Base/10Base ports | |
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| I2C | One port | |
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Interface | USB | Two ports per physical partition | |
on the front |
| Compatible with USB 1.1 | |
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Serial | One | ||
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I/O function | SCSI or RAID | None (I/O module required for this function | |
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| VGA | None (I/O module required for this function) | |
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Table 2 provides details on each of the components in the Itanium Blade.
Table 2: Main components of the Intel Itanium Server Blade
Component | Manufacturer | Quantity | Description |
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Processor | Intel | Maximum 2 | Intel Itanium |
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Node Control- | Hitachi | 1 | Node controller — controls each system |
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MC | Hitachi | 2 | Memory controller |
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DIMM |
| Maximum 16 | DDR2 SDRAM |
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