Introduction, Documentation updates, Scalable symmetric multiprocessing servers – NEC A1160 User Manual

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Section 1

Introduction

This overview provides a detailed introduction to Express5800/A1160 systems and the
technologies on which they are based. It describes features that might be available to
customers in a series of hardware and software releases. For information about the
availability of any feature, contact your sales representative.

Documentation Updates

This document contains all the information that was available at the time of publication.
The latest version of the document may be found in the Product Support Web Site:

http://support.necam.com/servers/Enterprise/

Scalable Symmetric Multiprocessing Servers

Express5800/A1160 systems are the next generation of symmetric multiprocessing
(SMP) servers that support multi-core Intel Xeon processors.

Figure 1-1 Express5800/A1160 Cell

Basic Building Block

Express5800/A1160 systems employ a modular building-block design. The basic
building block is a cell—a standard 19-inch 4U rack-mounted server. A cell contains four
processor sockets, six Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) slots, 32