Silicon Graphics SGI Altix 3700 Bx2, User Manual

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System Components
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System Components
The Altix 3700 Bx2 series system features the following major components:
• 40U rack. This is a custom rack used for both the compute and I/O rack in the Altix
3700 Bx2 system. The power bays are mounted vertically on one side of the rack.
• CR-brick. This contains the compute power, standard routers and DIMM memory
for the Altix 3700 Bx2 series systems. The CR-brick is 4U high and contains four
Super-Hub (SHUB) ASICs, eight Intel Intanium 2 processors, eight NUMAlink-4
router ports, and up to 48 memory DIMMs.
• IX-brick. This 4U-high brick provides the boot I/O functions and 12 PCI-X slots.
• PX-brick. This 4U-high brick provides 12 PCI-X slots on 6 buses for PCI expansion.
• R-brick. This is a 2U-high, 8-port metarouter brick.
• Power bay. The 3U-high power bay holds a maximum of six power supplies that
convert 200-240 VAC to 48 VDC. The power bay has eight 48-VDC outputs.
• D-brick2. This is a 3U-high disk storage enclosure that holds a maximum of 16
low-profile Fibre Channel disk drives.
• TP900 disk storage module. This is a 2U-high disk storage enclosure that holds a
maximum of eight low-profile Ultra320 SCSI disk drives.
• SGIconsole. This is an optional combination of hardware and software that allows
you to manage multiple SGI servers.
Figure 3-4 on page 56 shows the Altix 3700 Bx2 system components.