Marathon Interface Card (MIC) Specifications
Refer to
Endurance Release Notes Release 4.0
MIC to use in your server.
The MIC specifications in this section apply to the MIC shipped in the standard Endurance kit.
The specifications include:
•
MIC Specifications
•
MIC Fiber Cable Specifications
The MIC is a high-speed interconnect path for communication between the CEs and the IOPs.
There are four MICs in an Endurance server: one in each CE, and one in each IOP.
describes the specifications of the MIC components.
Component
Expansion Bus Architecture
Equipment Requirements
Connectors
I/O Address
Interrupt
The MIC fiber cables provide a communication path between the MICs in an Endurance server.
Table A-2
describes the standard cables shipped with each kit.
Component
Length
Cable type
Connectors
Fiber size
Fiber type
A-2
Table A-1 MIC Specifications
Specification
32-bit PCI with MIC Extended BIOS
One full-length PCI-bus slot per MIC
MT-RJ, fiber optics
Automatically assigned by system BIOS
Automatically assigned by system BIOS
Table A-2 MIC Fiber Cable Specifications
Specifications
Two fiber optic cables are 5 meters, and two are 10 meters in
length. The maximum length of fiber you can use is 500M.
Riser
MT-RJ to MT-RJ
50/125 micron
Multi-mode
for information about the correct versions of the
HP Netserver AA Solution Administrator's Guide
Table A-1