RAS 2000 PowerRack Windows NT Supplement
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RAS 2000 Software
The RAS 2000 PowerRack introduces a new system board with several major
performance improvements. When compared to its predecessor, the IntelliServer
PowerRack, the RAS 2000 PowerRack boasts a RISC processor that runs 50%
faster, has double the cache, a 10-Base-T ethernet controller that has double the
throughput capacity, additional non-volatile memory, and a writable operating
system flash through which upgrades and bug fixes can be loaded.
For this release, all operational functionality of the original PowerRack has been
ported over to the RAS 2000, with an exception that should reduce the load of
managing multiple units. While BOOTP and TFTP functionality have been main-
tained for configuration file downloads, support for booting directly from a TFTP
site has been replaced with the ability to download and either execute or save a
kernel image from a TFTP site. The main advantage to this is that kernel
upgrades no longer need to be stored on a TFTP site and made available continu-
ously. They may be downloaded and stored permanently on the RAS 2000.