Supero 4021A-T2, User Manual

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A+ Workstation 4021A-T2 User's Manual
1-2 Serverboard Features
At the heart of the 4021A-T2 lies the H8DAE-2, a dual processor serverboard based
on the nVidia MCP55 Pro/IO-55 and NEC uPD720400 chipset. Below are the main
features of the H8DAE-2. (See Figure 1-1 for a block diagram of the chipset).
Processors
The H8DAE-2 supports single or dual 64-bit AMD Socket F, Opteron 2000 type
processors.
Memory
The H8DAE-2 has eight 240-pin DIMM slots that can support up to 64 GB of
registered ECC DDR2-667/533/400. (The maximum memory capacity is halved if
only one processor is installed.) Memory in supported in both interleaved and non-
interleaved confi gurations. See Section 5-6 for details.
Serial ATA
A Serial ATA controller is integrated into the nVidia MCP55 Pro chipset to provide
a six-port Serial ATA subsystem, which is RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5 supported. The
Serial ATA drives are hot-swappable units.
Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-
swap capability and RAID functions of the Serial ATA drives.
PCI Expansion Slots
The H8DAE-2 has six PCI expansion slots, which includes two PCI-Express x16
slots, one PCI-Express x8 slot, one PCI-Express x4 slot, one 133 MHz PCI-X slot
and one 100 MHz PCI-X slot.
Onboard Controllers/Ports
One fl oppy drive controller and an onboard ATA/133 controller is provided to support
up to two IDE hard drives or ATAPI devices. The I/O ports include two COM ports,
a parallel port, two USB ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit
Ethernet ports. Two front side USB ports are included on the front of the chassis.
Audio jacks are also included for high-defi nition audio.