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Marathon Interface Card (MIC) Specifications Refer to Endurance Release Notes Release 4.0 for information about the correct versions of the MIC to use in your server. The MIC specifications in this section apply to the MIC shipped in the standard Endurance kit. The specifications include: • MIC Specifications • MIC Fiber Cable Specifications The MIC is a high-speed interconnect path for communication between the CEs and the IOPs. There are four MICs in an Endurance server: one in each CE, and one in each IOP. Table A-1 describes the specifications of the MIC components. Table A-1 MIC Specifications Component Specification Expansion Bus Architecture Equipment Requirements Connectors I/O Address Interrupt 32-bit PCI with MIC Extended BIOS One full-length PCI-bus slot per MIC MT-RJ, fiber optics Automatically assigned by system BIOS Automatically assigned by system BIOS The MIC fiber cables provide a communication path between the MICs in an Endurance server. Table A-2 describes the standard cables shipped with each kit. Table A-2 MIC Fiber Cable Specifications Component Specifications Length Cable type Connectors Fiber size Fiber type Two fiber optic cables are 5 meters, and two are 10 meters in length. The maximum length of fiber you can use is 500M. Riser MT-RJ to MT-RJ 50/125 micron Multi-mode A-2 HP Netserver AA Solution Administrator's Guide