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A-Class Server - System Overview, System Hardware Overview - lan console
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A-Class System Overview and Reference A-Class Server - System Overview A-Class Server - System Overview NOTE The A-Class server is a compact addition to the HP9000 server family, targeted at the ISP server market. The A-Class server design allows the use of existing qualified peripherals and I/O add-in options. It is a PCXL-2 (PA-7300 RISC Processor) based platform designed to support the UNIX Internet Service Provider (ISP) market. System Hardware Overview A-Class server hardware has the following characteristics: • It has a two rack unit height that makes it suitable for racked (up to 20 per rack) or stand-alone installations. • It comes configured with one (1-way) 180 MHz. PA-7300 RISC Processor. An additional (optional) 1Mb of 2nd-level cache is available. • It has eight RAM memory slots that can use 128, 256 or 512MB memory modules. • There are two I/O slots each capable of handling either PCI or HSC add-in cards. One slot is Access Port (AP) card capable. • The embedded disk bay is capable of supporting 2 single-ended type-1 SCSI drives. • The server supports the following core I/O functions: One 10/100 Base-T port supports connection to the primary LAN. One 10 Base-T Port supports connection to the integrated web-based console. One 9-Pin RS-232 port supports connection to an ASCII console. The internal SCSI bus is available externally to connect additional single-ended Type-1 SCSI devices. System Software Overview A-Class servers require the HP-UX 10.20 or 11.0 operating system with an Independent Peripheral Release (IPR) date of October 1998 (9810) or later. HP-UX is the only supported operating system for A-Class servers. 10 Chapter 1