TYAN Tank TA26 B5380, Service Manual

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Chapter 1: Overview 1
Chapter 1: Overview
1.1 About the TYAN Tank TA26-B5380
Congratulations on your purchase of the TYAN Tank TA26-
B5380, a highly-optimized rack-mountable barebone system.
The Tank TA26-B5380 is designed to support Intel Demp-
sey™ / Woodcrest™ Xeon processor, providing a rich feature
set and incredible performance. Leveraging advanced tech-
nology from Intel, the Tank TA26-B5380 server system is
capable of offering scalable 32 and 64-bit computing, high-
bandwidth memory design, and a lightning-fast PCI-X bus
implementation. The Tank TA26-B5380 not only empowers
your company in today’s demanding IT environment but also
offers a smooth path for future application usage.
TYAN is also proud to deliver the Tank TA26-B5380 in
SAS/SATA flavor while supporting up to eight (8) hot-swap
hard drives and one (1) slim DVD-ROM drive. The Tank
TA26-B5380 uses TYAN’s latest tooling-made chassis featur-
ing a robust structure, tool-less and modularized design, and
a solid mechanical enclosure. All of this provides the Tank
TA26-B5380 the power and flexibility to meet the needs of
nearly any server application.