Installation guide

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Installation Guide
Central Subsystem (CSS) Module
The CSS module houses main hardware components:
Front Rear
Front
1 or 2 QBB (Quad Brick Board) subset(s):
Each QBB subset houses:
• 1 mother board
• 2 memory boards
• 1 to 4 processors
• 16 DIMMs
1 or 2 Internal Peripheral Drawer(s):
Each drawer houses:
• 2 internal SCSI RAID system disks
• 1 DVD-ROM drive
• 1 USB port
Chaine d DIBs:
Two Internal Peripheral Drawers can be inter-connected to house:
• 4 SCSI RAID disks, 1 DVD-ROM drive, 1 USB port
Rear
1 or 2 IO Box(es) (Input / Output Board Compact):
Each IO Box can house:
• 1 HPB (PCI Hot Plug Board)
• 6 hot-plug 133 MHz PCI-X and PCI Xpress slots (2 long, 4 short)
• 1 IOL (Input / Output board Legacy):
- 2 A-type USB ports
- 1 RJ45 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet port
- 2 DB9-M RS232 serial ports
- 1 HD15-F VGA port
1 PMB (Platform Management Board):
This active board links the server to the Platform Administration Processor (PAP) Unit
(via an Ethernet link).
Core 1 Core unit
This set of 5 active boards is used to interconnect the QBBs, IOCs, DIBs and the
PMB.
Figure 11. CSS module features (full CSS module example)