2-12

System Board Features

 

 

The board set includes the system board, one memory

 

 

board, and two processor boards. Figures 2-3, 2-4, and

 

 

2-5 show the major components on the system board,

 

 

processor board, and memory board, while the following

 

 

summarizes the board set features.

 

Board set summary

Feature description

 

 

 

 

Multiple processor

Two processor sockets; up to two Pentium Pro microprocessors

 

support

on each processor board.

 

 

 

 

Upgradable memory

Sixteen DIMM sockets on the memory board, supporting up to

 

 

4 GB memory using 256 MB DIMMs.

 

 

 

 

Add-in board support

Four dedicated EISA bus slots and six dedicated 32-bit PCI

 

 

slots on the system board.

 

 

 

 

SCSI controller

Two onboard SCSI-2; ultra wide SCSI channel and narrow

 

 

SCSI channel support (PCI-based).

 

 

 

 

BIOS

Flash memory-based BIOS (Basic Input/Output System ) and

 

 

Setup utilities.

 

 

 

 

Video

Integrated super VGA controller ships with 1 MB of video

 

 

memory. For optional 1 MB of video memory, two onboard

 

 

upgrade sockets (512 KB each) are available that increases

 

 

total video memory size to 2 MB.

 

 

 

 

External device

Onboard connectors for two serial ports, parallel port, narrow

 

connectors

SCSI port, PS/2-compatible keyboard and mouse, and VGA

 

 

monitor.

 

 

 

 

Clock

Real-time clock/calendar (RTC).

 

 

 

 

System hardware

Detects chassis intrusion and contains sensors for temperature,

 

monitoring

voltage, and fan failure.

 

 

 

 

Configuration

System Configuration Utility (SCU) and SCSISelect Utility.

 

utilities

 

 

 

 

Features

Page 27
Image 27
Packard Bell MH4000 manual System Board Features, Board set summary Feature description