Optional System Components - Silicon Graphics Origin 3900 User Manual

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The Origin 3900 server can contain the following optional components:
• System console - This console enables you to power on and power off the system,
monitor the system, and enter L1 controller and L2 controller commands.
• I/O bricks - The Origin 3900 server supports the following I/O bricks: IX-brick,
PX-brick, and X-brick. The IX- and PX-bricks are Crosstalk-to-PCI-X based I/O
expansion subsystems that can seat up to 12 PCI-X cards. The difference between
these two brick types is that the IX-brick has a DVD-ROM and one or two SCSI disk
drives. For more information about the IX-brick, see Chapter 4, "IX-brick". For more
information about the PX-brick, see Chapter 5, "PX-brick".
The X-brick provides up to four XIO slots for your SGI Origin 3900 server. For more
information about the X-brick, see Chapter 6, "X-brick".
• Disk storage components - The Origin 3900 supports the following disk storage
components:
• For a Fibre Channel solution that supports JBOD (just a bunch of disks)
configurations, SGI offers the D-brick2. For more information about the
D-brick2, see Chapter 11, "D-brick2".
• For a SCSI (small computer system interface) JBOD solution, SGI offers the SGI
Total Performance 900 (TP900) storage module. For more information about the
TP900, see Chapter 10, "SGI TP900 Storage Module".
• For a Fibre Channel solution that supports both JBOD and RAID configurations,
SGI offers the SGI Total Performance 9100 [2Gb TP9100] storage system. For
more information about the 2Gb TP9100, see the SGI Total Performance 9100 (2Gb
TP9100) Storage System User's Guide (007-4522-00x).
• For a Fibre Channel RAID solution, SGI offers the SGI Total Performance 9400
(TP9400) storage system and the SGI Total Performance 9500 (TP9500) storage
system. For more information about the TP9400 and TP9500 storage systems,
see the SGI Total Performance 9400 and SGI Total Performance 9500 RAID User's
Guide (007-4304-00x).
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