Interrupt and Control ASIC | Onboard Interrupt and Control ASIC (INCA) provides PCI |
(INCA) | interrupt control. An integrated automatic APIC sensor is |
| capable of full |
| symmetric |
| provides support for PCI arbitration, interrupt steering, and a |
| second I/O APIC. It also drives the front panel interface and |
| LCD display for security and server management functions. A |
| System Management Interrupt (SMI) component monitors |
| the keyboard, mouse, system board voltages and |
| temperatures, and server door opening. |
Programmable Watchdog | Detects software or hardware failures and, after a preset time |
Timer (p/o INCA) | limit, generates an asynchronous system reset (ASR) signal |
| to automatically reset the server (equivalent to a hard reset). |
Secondary Cache | |
| not shared in SMP. |
Memory Modules with | Two memory module expansion slots on the system board |
Upgradeable Memory | support up to two ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) |
| memory modules. The modules provide automatic error |
| correction of all single bit errors and detection of all double |
| bit errors. Each module supports up to 384 MB of 70 ns, fast |
| page mode, |
| Expansion slots for up to eight |
Support | EISA slots, two PCI slots, and two shared PCI/EISA slots. |
PCI Controller | Onboard PCI controller controls the system board's two |
| dedicated PCI slots and two shared PCI/EISA slots. Also |
| provides interface between processor and PCI bus, and a |
| bridge between the PCI bus and EISA bus. |
SCSI Controllers | Two integrated |
| controllers (channels A and B) on the system board support |
| up to seven |
| narrow and/or |
| bus master interface for maximum bus transfer rates. |
Advanced I/O Peripheral | Integrated Intel 82091AA controller on the system board |
Controller | supports 3 |
| bit integrated drive electronic (IDE) hard drives, a parallel |
| port, and two serial ports. |
Video Controller | Integrated Cirrus Logic |
| shipped with 512 KB, 70 ns video memory (upgradeable to |
| 1 MB). |
|
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| battery and 8 KB of |
| (NVRAM). |
External Device Connectors | I/O riser board on system board has connectors for two serial |
| ports, parallel port, PS/2™ compatible keyboard and mouse, |
| and VGA monitor. |
Flash Memory BIOS | Flashable memory device contains system BIOS, SCSI |
| BIOS, EISA configuration utility (ECU), video BIOS, power- |
| on |
| information, and BIOS recovery utility. |