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18 inch maximum length of IDE cable on each channel: You can connect an IDE signal cable, up to a maximum of 18 inches each, to each

IDE connector on the server board. Each cable can support two devices, one at the end of the cable and one 6 inches from the end of the cable.

Network Controller

The server board includes a 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX network solution based on the Intel 82559 single chip Fast Ethernet PCI Bus Controller. As a PCI bus master, the controller can burst data at up to 132 MB/s. The controller contains two receive and transmit FIFO buffers that prevent data overruns or underruns while waiting for access to the PCI bus. The controller has the following:

∙32 bit PCI bus master interface (direct drive of bus), compatible with PCI Bus Specification, Revision 2.1

∙Chained memory structure with improved dynamic transmit chaining for enhanced performance

∙Programmable transmit threshold for improved bus utilization

∙Early receive interrupt for concurrent processing of receive data

∙Onchip counters for network management

∙Autodetect and autoswitching for 10 or 100 Mbps network speeds

∙Support for both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps networks, capable of full or half duplex, with back-to- back transmit at 100 Mbps

The network status LEDs on the server board indicate:

∙Transmit/receive activity on the LAN

∙Valid link to the LAN

∙10/100 Mbps transfer mode

Keyboard and Mouse

The keyboard/mouse controller is PS/2-compatible. The server may be locked automatically if there is no keyboard or mouse activity for a predefined length of time, if specified through the System Setup Utility (SSU). Once the inactivity (lockout) timer has expired, the keyboard and mouse do not respond until the previously stored password is entered.

ACPI

The L440GX+ supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) as defined by the ACPI 1.0 and PC97 specifications. An ACPI aware operating system can put the system into a state where the hard drives spin down, the system fans stop, and all processing is halted. However, the power supply will still be on and the processors will still be dissipating some power, so the power supply fan and processor fans will still run.

The L440GX+ supports sleep states s0, s1, s4, and s5. With future versions of Microsoft Windows† 9X that support ACPI, the BIOS will only support sleep states s0, s1, and s5. With

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