
Contents
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System Overview
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System Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Modularity and Scalability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Distributed Shared Memory (DSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Distributed Shared I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
ccNUMA Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cache Coherency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS). . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Optional System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rack Information
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Tall Rack (40U). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Locking the Front Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CR-brick
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Front Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Internal Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Product Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Important Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Summary of Contents for SGI Altix 3700 Bx2
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