Intel MB440LX manual System Upgrade Options

System Upgrade Options

The system upgrade options provide enhancement to the capabilities of the base system. These options do not include memory and peripheral upgrades.

∙Dual Processor upgrade:

Upgrade from a single processor system to dual processor system. You must use processors running at the same frequency. This upgrade kit comes with heat sink assembled processor and VRM. Choose between a 266 MHz or 300 MHz processor.

∙Power supply upgrade:

The system can contain three power supplies. A second power supply provides additional power or acts as an redundant power supply, depending on the system configuration. The powershare upgrade kit is not required to upgrade from two power supplies to three power supplies.

⎯360 W power supply

⎯Powershare upgrade kit

∙SCSI backplane upgrade:

The SCSI backplane upgrade allows you to use up to 10 hot-swap drives.

∙Rack adapter kit:

The chassis can be mounted into rack with the rack adapter kit.

∙Embedded RAID (RPX board):

This upgrade provides low cost I2O or non-I2O RAID. This RAID solution uses the on board dual ultra SCSI channels. The kit includes an RPX board and the required RAID software. SIMMs for the RPX board are not included.

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