Monarch 8438 Specifications.
Motherboard:
Nvidia nForce Pro 2200 Quad Opteron motherboard
CPU:
AMD® Opteron® Model 8XX processors, .13 or .09 micron, 1M L2 cache, Socket 940, single core
AMD® Opteron® Model 86X/87X/88X processors, .09 micron, 2M1 L2 cache, Socket 940, dual core
64-bit integer registers, 128-bit SSE/SSE2 registers
48-bit virtual addresses, 40-bit physical addresses
AMD 64-bit x86 instruction set extensions
Chipset:
(8438-TR2) Nvidia nForce Pro 2050 HyperTransport I/O Hub
Nvidia nForce Pro 2200 HyperTransport I/O Hub
AMD 8132 HyperTransport PCI-X 2.0 Tunnel
Dual channel UltraDMA/133 bus mastering IDE controllers
Memory Subsystem:
Thirty two (32) DIMM banks supporting up to 64GB DDR400 or 128GB DDR333 ECC registered SDRAM memory
Dual channel (128-bit) memory bus supporting up to 22.8 GB/s (DDR333) or 25.6 GB/s (DDR400) accumulated memory bandwidth
Note: To enable 128-bit memory bus, memory modules must be populated in pairs.
Note: To enable NUMA, a minimum of two modules are required per processor.
Graphic Subsystem:
ATI Rage XL PCI VGA with 8MB SDRAM
Hard Disk Subsystem:
(8438-S/SR) Up to six Ultra 320/m hard drives in capacity from 36GB to 300GB. These drives can be configured as standalone unit or software RAID (8438-S) or hardware RAID (8438-SR) with level 0, 1, 5, 10, and hotspare supported
(8438-TR2) Up to six Serial ATA hard drives in capacity from 80GB to 750GB. These drives can be configured as standalone unit or software RAID with level 0, 1, 5, 10, and hotspare supported
SCSI Subsystem:
(8438-S/SR) Onboard Adaptec 7902W dual channel Ultra 320/m SCSI-3 PCI-X controller
(8438-SR) LSI Logic MegaRAID 320-1 single channel Ultra 320/m SCSI RAID controller, 64-bit/66mhz, 64MB ECC cache, optional Battery Backup Unit (BBU)
(8438-TR2) 3Ware Escalade 9550SX-8LP eight-port Serial ATA II RAID controller, RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10 & JBOD, 64-bit/133mhz PCI-X, 128Mb ECC cache, optional Battery Backup Unit (BBU)
CD-ROM Subsystem:
24X slim CDROM reader (optional DVD/CDRW reader/writer)
Sound Subsystem:
None
Network Subsystem:
Two onboard Broadcom 5721 PCI-Express Gigabit controllers, 1000BaseTX
Onboard Remote Server Management controller, IPMI 2.0
System Slots:
(8438-TR2) Two (2) full-length PCI-Express x16 expansion slots
(8438-S/SR) One (1) full-length PCI-Express x16 expansion slot
(8438-TR2) One (1) half-length PCI-Express x4 expansion slot
Two (2) half-length 64-bit/133mhz PCI-X expansion slots
One (1) full-length 64-bit/100mhz PCI-X expansion slot
System I/O:
One (1) RS-232C 16550 serial port
One (1) PS/2 Mini DIN port (mouse/keyboard splitter cable included)
Two (2) USB 2.0 ports (rear panel)
Two (2) USB 2.0 ports (front panel)
One (1) 15-pin VGA port
Two (2) RJ-45 ports
One (1) Firewire 1394a port
(8438-S/SR) One (1) VDHCI SCSI connector (Adaptec SCSI channel B)
Floppy Drive:
Optional
Mouse:
Optional
Keyboard:
Optional
Chassis:
3U Rack mount chassis with sliding rail kit
Dimensions: 5.2" (H) x 16.9" (W) x 27.5" (D)
1000W 2+1 redundant & hotswap power supply with PFC
One (1) accessible slim floppy bay
One (1) accessible slim 5.25in drive bay
(8438-S) Ultra 320/m SCA-2 backplane supporting six hotswap drives, Adaptec SCSI channel A
(8438-SR) Ultra 320/m SCA-2 backplane supporting six hotswap drives, LSI SCSI channel
(8438-TR2) SATA II backplane supporting six hotswap drives
Four (4) hotswap chassis fans (2xfront,2xrear)
Passive copper heatsinks and CPU+memory air baffles
Front panel controls and system ID switch
Front panel LED indicators for network & disk activity, system fault
Preinstalled Software:
Red Hat Linux with ASL optimized kernel, 32-bit or 64-bit edition
- Each core has 1M L2 cache.