Silicon Graphics Origin 350, User Manual

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2: System Overview
System Components
This section lists the major system components of a base configuration and a NUMAlink
configuration, and briefly describes several of these components, in the following
subsections:
• “Major Components of a Base Configuration” on page 80
• “Major Components of a NUMAlink Configuration” on page 81
• “Compute Module” on page 83
• “NUMAlink Module” on page 85
• “MPX Module” on page 86
• “PCI Expansion Devices” on page 87
• “Storage Expansion” on page 89
• “L2 Controller” on page 97
• “USB Hub” on page 99
• “Power Components” on page 99
• “Rack” on page 103
Major Components of a Base Configuration
The base configuration can contain the following major components:
• Base compute module.
• One of the following modules (all are optional):
• Expansion compute module.
• MPX module.
• PCI expansion module.
• 17U or 39U rack with power distribution unit (optional).
• L2 controller (optional).