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Servers are systems that are not typically used by just one operator sitting in front of a display
attached directly to the server. The server is used to support other computers such as desktops or
workstations, connected through a network. A server can be used to supply computational
processing to connected thin clients. A thin client is a keyboard and display terminal that has very
little computing power of its own, but relies on the server to which it is connected to run
applications. A server can also be used to access data stored on very large storage devices.
Therefore, a server may need to have the capability to connect to hundreds of disk drives.
Storage servers need to have an ample supply of PCI-X slots that can accept cards used for storage
access. For example, a PCI-X SCSI can have four SCSI ports on it. Each port can support up to 15
SCSI drives. Therefore, one SCSI PCI-X card can support up to 60 SCSI drives. If a server has
four PCI-X slots, it can support up to 240 SCSI drives.
5.7
AMD Opteron™ Processor Utilities and Updates
AMD CPUID —This application executes and displays the return data from the CPUID
instruction set. No source code is provided.
AMD Processor Information Display Utility —This utility displays the processor signature,
approximate speed, L1/L2 cache sizes, processor revision, and instruction extensions supported.
These utilities can be found and downloaded from
en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8796_871,00.html
In EMEA, these utilities can be found and downloaded from
5.8
AMD-8000™ Series Chipset Drivers
Table 4 shows AMD-8000 series of chipset components drivers for Microsoft
®
Table 4. Microsoft
Drivers for Microsoft
Operating Systems
AMD-8151™
HyperTransport™ AGP3.0
Graphics Tunnel Driver
Chapter 5
Drivers for the AMD-8000™ Series of Chipset Components
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®
Windows
98
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Hardware Considerations
Builder's Guide for AMD Opteron™ Processor-
Based Servers and Workstations
http://www.amd.com/us-
.
http://www.amd.com/drivers
32-Bit Operating Systems
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Operating
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Windows
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