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Midplane Fan & Logistics Board (MFL)
16 Fans and various logistics components are implemented on the MFL. The MFL is
connected to both the MIO and the MQB.
Fanboxes
8 Fanboxes, each housing 2 fans, provide redundant cooling.
Rear Unit
IO board Compact (IOC)
The IOC provides 4 x PCI -X and 2 x PCI-Express buses and a PCI Hot Plug Board (HPB).
The IOC communicates with the rest of the system through the high-speed bidirectional link
Scalability Port Switches (SPS)
located on the MSX.
IO board Legacy (IOL)
The IOL is an IOC daughter board providing legacy IO connections: 2 USB ports, 1 LAN
port, 2 serial ports, and 1 video port.
Platform Maintenance Board (PMB)
The PMB concentrates logistics access and links the platform to the Platform Administration
Processor (PAP Unit) running Platform Administration and Maintenance (PAM) software.
Distributed Power Supply (DPS) Unit
Each DPS Unit supplies 48V AC/DC power to the server. The server is equipped with 2 or 4
DPS units for full redundancy.
Platform Administration Processor (PAP) Unit
The PAP Unit hosts all server administration software, in particular Platform Administration
and Maintenance (PAM) software.
KVM Switch
The KVM Switch allows the use of a single keyboard, monitor and mouse for the local server
domains and the local PAM console.
Console
The Console contains the keyboard, monitor and touch pad / mouse used for local access to
the server domains and to the PAP Unit.
Disk Subsystem
If the disk slots in the Internal Peripheral Drawer are not used for OS disk partitions, a SCSI
RAID or FC disk subsystem is required.
Additional Peripherals
Additional peripherals such as disk subsystems, storage area networks, communication
networks, archiving peripherals etc. can be connected to the server via PCI adapters located
in the IOCs. Such peripherals may either be rack-mounted in the server cabinet (if free space
is available) or in external cabinets.
Server Firmware and Software
Operating Systems (OS)
The server is certified for the following Operating Systems:
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Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
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Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
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Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server
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