Congratulations on purchasing your new server. This product is designed to be mounted in a rack. Once the server is installed in the rack, an administrator or other user can slide it open from the front to exchange or add components.
Among the distinctive hardware features of the server are:
•One or two G5 processors, with 256 kilobytes (K) of level 2 cache
•Up to 8 gigabytes (GB) of DDR Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (SDRAM)
•Three Apple Drive Module bays, supporting up to three hot-pluggable hard disks, accessible from the front, with status and activity lights
•Front panel with slot-loading optical drive (standard model), LED status lights, power and system identifier buttons and lights, FireWire 400 port, and security lock for the enclosure
•Back panel with two Gigabit Ethernet ports (auto-negotiating 10/100/1000 megabits per second), two FireWire 800 ports, two USB ports, and serial port that supports RS- 232-compatible connection
•Cable-management arm so that you can open the unit without disconnecting cables
•Two internal expansion slots for PCI-X cards
•Fault-sensing operation with sensors to detect internal temperature, fan array status or failure, power status or failure, and open enclosure