Power cabinet

Cabinet in the GS160/320 systems that provides power

 

for the system cabinets and houses PCI boxes and

 

storage shelves.

Power input

Power is supplied to the entire system box through the

 

QBB at the rear of the cabinet. Vaux and 48 volt input

 

and return are supplied.

Power system

See PSM.

manager

 

Primary PCI box

The PCI master box whose system control manager

 

(SCM) controls the system. See also Secondary PCI

 

box.

PSM

Power system manager; a module in each QBB that

 

monitors CPUs, voltages, temperatures, and fan speeds

 

in the QBB and then reports this information to the

 

system control manager (SCM). The SCM can make

 

requests of the power system manager.

QBB

Quad building block; the basic building block of the

 

system. The QBB backplane provides a crossbar switch

 

and connectors for one to four processor modules, one to

 

four memory modules, power converters, a power

 

system manager, a memory directory module, a clock

 

splitter module, a global port, and I/O ports.

QBB, hard

Number that indicates the physical location of a QBB in

 

a system.

QBB, soft

Number that indicates a QBB as reported by the

 

firmware.

Rack cabinet

The GS80 cabinet configured as a complete system that

 

holds up to two system drawers, each of which has one

 

QBB.

Remote I/O riser

The I/O riser module that is in the PCI box.

module

 

Remote testing

Testing run by the system primary CPU on a QBB

 

other than the QBB in which it resides.

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