NEC PH133 Interrupt and Control ASIC, Inca, the keyboard, mouse, system board voltages and, 1 MB

Models: PH133

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Interrupt and Control ASIC

Interrupt and Control ASIC

Onboard Interrupt and Control ASIC (INCA) provides PCI

(INCA)

interrupt control. An integrated automatic APIC sensor is

 

capable of full dual-Pentium and quad-Pentium processor

 

symmetric multi-processing support. An INCA component

 

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

1-MB L2 synchronous cache for each CPU module; cache is

 

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, 36-bit SIMMs.

Add-in Expansion Board

Expansion slots for up to eight add-in boards, including four

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 PCI-based Adaptec SCSI-2 AIC-7870

 

controllers (channels A and B) on the system board support

 

up to seven 8-bit narrow SCSI devices or up to fifteen 8-bit

 

narrow and/or 16-bit wide SCSI devices. Features 32-bit PCI

 

bus master interface for maximum bus transfer rates.

Advanced I/O Peripheral

Integrated Intel 82091AA controller on the system board

Controller

supports 3 1/2-inch and 5 1/4-inch diskette drives, two 8/16-

 

bit integrated drive electronic (IDE) hard drives, a parallel

 

port, and two serial ports.

Video Controller

Integrated Cirrus Logic CL-GD5424 super VGA controller

 

shipped with 512 KB, 70 ns video memory (upgradeable to

 

1 MB).

Real-time Clock Module

Real-time clock (RTC) module with integrated lithium

 

battery and 8 KB of non-volatile random access memory

 

(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 self-test (POST), video BIOS, PCI/EISA configuration

 

information, and BIOS recovery utility.

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NEC PH133 Interrupt and Control ASIC, Inca, the keyboard, mouse, system board voltages and, Programmable Watchdog, Support