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B.4 i/o unit, I/o unit – FUJITSU SPARC ENTERPRISE M8000 User Manual

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SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Service Manual • August 2009

B.4

I/O Unit

An I/O Unit (IOU) consists of an I/O board (IOB) with two types of control LSIs and
a DDC mounted, an HDD, and a PCI cassette. An IOU can be combined with a CMU
to configure a system (domain).

FIGURE B-4

shows the IOU.

FIGURE B-4

I/O Unit (IOU)

The IOU has the following characteristics.

Active maintenance of IOUs is possible using the DR function.

Active replacement of a failed IOU during system operation is possible using the
DR function.