Chapter 2General DescriptionThis chapter provides information that you should be familiar with before using the server. Itincludes names and functions of the components and features of the server.OVERVIEWYour server is a modular, multiprocessing server based on the Intel Xeon microprocessor. It is asolid performer and offers the latest technology. The combination of compute performance, memorycapacity, and integrated I/O provides a high performance environment for many server marketapplications. These range from large corporations supporting remote offices to small companieslooking to obtain basic connectivity capability such as file and print services, e-mail, web access,web site server, etc.Your server is housed and available as a rack-mount system. Your server conveniently installs into astandard EIA 19-inch rack assembly.Your server includes a DVD-ROM drive, six hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drivebays, and a removable media device bay. The hot-swap SAS hard disk drive bays support up to six1.0-inch SAS hard disk drives that can be swapped in or out of the system without powering it down,if RAID functionality is configured in the system.The removable media drive bay may be used for installation of a high-speed tape drive.As application requirements increase, you can expand your server with an additional processor,additional memory, add-in boards, and hard disk drives.
