User`s guide
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Appendix D: System Specications
Appendix D. System Specications
Note: unless noted specications apply to a complete system (both server-
boards).
Processors
Two Intel® 5500 Series (LGA 1366) processors, each processor supporting two
full-width Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links with a total of up to 51.2 GT/s
Data Transfer Rate (6.4 GT/s per direction)
Chipset
Intel 5520
BIOS
. 32 Mb AMI SPI Flash ROM,
. ACPI 1.02/2.0/3.0, Plug and Plat (PnP), and USB Keyboard support.
Memory
Twelve 240-pin DIMM sockets support up to 48 GB of DDR3 Registered ECC
1333/1066/800 MHz Memory (with maximum of 4 GB per DIMM module).
Serial ATA Controller
Intel ESB2 on-chip controller to support four 3 Gb/s Serial ATA (RAID 0, 1)
SATA Drive Bays
Four (4) hot-swap drive bays to house four (4) standard SATA drives
PCI Expansion
Two (2) low-prole PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots (with pre-installed riser cards)
Serverboard
NovaScale R422-E2
NovaScale R422-INF-E2
Dimensions (both): 6.5 x 16.4 in (165 x 417 mm)