AS1041M-T2+ User's Manual
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Serverboard Features
At the heart of the 1041M-T2+ lies the H8QMi-2+, a quad processor serverboard
based on nVidia's MCP55 Pro chipset. Below are the main features of the H8QMi-
2+ (see Figure 1-1 for a block diagram of the chipset).
Processors
The H8QMi-2+ supports four AMD Opteron 8000 series Socket F type processors.
Please refer to the serverboard description pages on our web site for a complete
listing of supported processors.
Memory
The H8QMi-2+ has thiry-two 240-pin DIMM sockets that can support up to 128 GB
of registered ECC DDR2-667/533/400 SDRAM. Both interleaved (which requires
modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs) and non-interleaved
memory confi gurations are supported. Please refer to the Installing Memory section
in Chapter 5 for details.
Serial ATA
An on-chip SATA controller is integrated into the H8QMi-2+ to provide a six-port, 3
Gb/sec Serial ATA subsystem, which is RAID 0, 1, 0+ 1, 5 and JBOD supported.
The SATA drives are hot-swappable units.
Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-
swap capability and RAID function of the Serial ATA drives.
PCI Expansion Slots
The H8QMi-2+ has one (1) PCI-Express x16 slot and an SIMLC slot for an IPMI
card.
Onboard Controllers/Ports
One fl oppy drive controller and an ATA/133 controller are provided to support fl oppy
and IDE hard drives or ATAPI devices. The color-coded I/O ports include one COM
port, a VGA (monitor) port, two USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports and
two gigabit Ethernet ports.
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