System Overview
ROBO-8914VG2AR User’s Manual
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Chapter 1
System Overview
1.1
Introduction
ROBO-8914VG2AR, the PICMG 1.3 SHB (Single Host Board) combined with either
the Intel® Core 2 Quad processor, and with support 45nm Intel® Core 2 processor
family. The attractive Core 2 Duo processor does not only posses amazing parallel
computing power but also generates 65W TDP (Thermal Design Power). That
makes the system more powerful and reliable with dual-core processor with smaller
and quieter cooling fan.
The SHB adopted Intel® Q45 & ICH10DO chipset. The Q45 embedded Graphics
Media Accelerator 4500 is the 5
th
generation Intel integrated graphics controller that
supports DirectX 10, Shader model 4.0, and OpenGL 2.1. More than that, user
could utilize even higher-end, the latest PCI Express x16 interface graphics card via
backplane.
ROBO-8914VG2AR built with dual Intel® Gigabit Ethernet. Four DDR3 long DIMM
sockets support system memory up to 8GB. Six SATA 300 ports (dual ports via
backplane) support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10.
To meet bandwidth of storage and expansion cards requirement, the ROBO-
8914VG2AR was designed flexible with four PCI Express lanes via backplane.
Those four PCI Express lanes could be four PCI Express x1 links or one PCI Express
x4 link. Four PCI Express x1 links configuration can support more PCI Express x1
devices via backplane and one PCI Express x4 link configuration can support RAID
card or special add-on cards such as image processing board. In addition, the
flexible configuration can be leveraged with bridge on backplane to support more
PCI or PCI-X slots that benefits industries with legacy support.
Advanced Management Technology (AMT) 5.0 is feature that ROBO-8914VG2AR
equipped. This technology provides remote access capability via Intel® Gigabit
Ethernet controller. The new technology
is a hardware-based solution that uses
out-of-band communication for system management access to client systems. Beside
that, the hardware and software information can be gathering by 3
rd
party software
then storage in SPI interface EEPROM. Therefore, asset management could be done
at the same time. ROBO-8914VG2AR also supports iTPM (Intel Trusted Platform
Module) function for applications.