All this processing power is packaged in a space-efficient rack mount form factor to meet the needs of the enterprise computing market segment. This server was designed with rack density in mind, while making no compromises in the area of customer access and serviceability.
Higher density offers more space in the rack for other important subsystems, such as disk arrays.
Hot Add and Hot Upgrade will be supported as future enhancements. Modular Peripheral Bay Enables low-cost, expandable RAID subsystem while providing the flexibility to OEM customers who want to have their own Peripheral Bay design. Each mezzanine board supports four processors and includes integrated VRMs. In configurations with more than one mezzanine board, two cache coherency filter boards are required. Redundant power supplies are needed for cooling redundancy in memory area and Peripheral Bay.