TYAN Transport GT24 B2891, Service Manual

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Chapter 1: Overview 1
Chapter 1: Overview
1.1 About the Transport GT24 B2891
Congratulations on your purchase of the TYAN Transport
TM
GT24 (B2891), a highly-optimized rack-mountable barebone
system. The Transport GT24 (B2891) offers the latest in dual
processor server systems, providing a rich feature set and
incredible performance. Leveraging advanced technology
from AMD
®
and nVIDIA, the Transport GT24 (B2891) based
server system are capable of offering scalable 32 and 64-bit
computing, high-bandwidth memory design, and a lightning-
fast PCI Express bus implementation. The Transport
TM
GT24
(B2891) 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 Transport
TM
GT24 (B2891)
in two flavors: SCSI and SATA versions. Both versions can
support up to four (4) hot-swap hard drives, one (1) slim CD-
ROM and one (1) optional slim floppy disk drive (not
included). The Transport
TM
GT24 (B2891) uses TYAN’s latest
tooling-made chassis featuring a robust structure, tool-less
and modularized design, and a solid mechanical enclosure.
All of this provides the Transport
TM
GT24 (B2891) the power
and flexibility to meet the needs of nearly any server applica-
tion.