IBM Netfinity 3000, User Handbook Manual

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What your IBM Netfinity 3000 server offers
The unique design of your IBM Netfinity 3000 server takes
advantage of advancements in data storage, networking, and
memory management. Your server offers:
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Impressive performance using an innovative approach to
uniprocessing
The Netfinity 3000 server supports one Intel microprocessor
installed on the system board (speed and type vary by model).
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100 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
The FSB is the microprocessor external bus. This bus includes
the interface to system-board components, and level-2 cache
memory for some microprocessors. The FSB is also known as
the processor/host bus.
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Large system memory
The memory bus in your server supports up to 384 MB of
unbuffered system memory, or up to 768 MB of registered
system memory.
1 The memory controller provides support for
100 MHz, synchronous dynamic random-access memory
(SDRAM) with error checking and correction (ECC).
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Integrated network environment support
Your server supports various network environments. Your
Netfinity 3000 server comes with a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
controller on the system board. This Ethernet controller has an
interface for connecting 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps transceivers. The
server automatically selects between 10BASE-T and
100BASE-TX. The controller provides full-duplex (FDX)
operation, which allows simultaneous transmission and
reception of data on the Ethernet local area network (LAN).
1 Important:
You cannot mix registered and unbuffered DIMMs in your server. To use registered DIMMs, you must remove
all unbuffered DIMMs from your server.
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