System Board - Compaq 6000 Supplementary Manual

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Usage
Q. Can the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 be deployed as a server?
A. Although several features of the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 have been
leveraged from server technologies, these workstations are not supported as servers.
Among the major differences between a server and these workstations are:
Compaq servers support multiple network operating systems while the Compaq
Professional Workstation 6000 primarily support Microsoft Windows NT
Workstation (with some support for Windows 95 and Solaris)
Servers provide redundant features for high availability. These features are not
included with the Compaq Professional Workstations since they are not particularly
useful in the targeted applications.
The workstations provide capabilities such as 3D graphics which are not available
or required for the server products
These workstations are tested and certified to run specific applications such as
CAD and 3D animation. Servers are designed to support deployment into
environments such as file and print, database and application servers.

System Board

Q. What chipset does the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 use?
A. The Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 uses a standard based solution from
Reliance Computer Corporation (RCC). This solution is available to other OEMs and is
fully Intel compatible. It is implemented on the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000
to enable the Highly Parallel System Architecture.
Q. Will Compaq continue to support the RCC chipset in future workstation products?
A. Compaq will continue to evaluate new technologies, as they become available. As
always, those technologies that provide the best performance using the target segment
applications will be incorporated in future workstation products.
Q. What advantages does the RCC chipset provide over the Intel 440LX chipset?
A. The RCC chipset allows for the use of dual memory controllers. This represents a
significant feature of the Highly Parallel System Architecture implemented in the
Compaq Professional Workstation 6000. This design provides a significant bandwidth
improvement over traditional workstation designs using the 440LX chipset.
Memory
Q. What are the benefits of having DIMM slots on the system board and a memory
expansion board?
A. The memory architecture design in the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 includes
dual memory controllers. To maximize performance, one memory controller is
dedicated to the DIMM slots on the system board and the other memory controller is
dedicated to the memory expansion board.
Additionally, the combination of the system board and memory expansion board
provides a total of twelve DIMM slots. This allows customers to reach higher memory
levels using less expensive, 16-bit technology. For example, a customer with 256MB of
memory installed (four-64MB DIMMs) in a Compaq Professional Workstation 6000
333MHz (without ETR) can add eight more 32MB DIMMS to reach the maximum
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