Apple Xserve (Slot Load) - Manual (Page 7)

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P R E F A C E
Introducing Xserve
Congratulations on purchasing your new server. This product is designed to be mounted in a
rack. Once the server is installed in the rack, an administrator or other user can slide it open
from the front to exchange or add components.
Among the distinctive hardware features of the server are
m one or two G4 processors, with 256 kilobytes (K) of level 2 cache and 2 megabytes (MB)
of double-data-rate (DDR) backside L3 cache per processor
m up to 2 gigabytes (GB) of DDR Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (SDRAM)
m four Apple Drive Module bays, supporting up to four hot-pluggable hard disks, accessible
from the front, with status and activity lights
m front panel with slot-loading optical drive, LED status lights, power and system identifier
buttons and lights, FireWire 400 port, and security lock for the enclosure
m back panel with one or two Gigabit Ethernet ports (auto-negotiating 10/100/1000
megabits per second), two FireWire 800 ports, two USB ports, serial port that supports
RS-232-compatible connection, and VGA monitor connection
m cable-management arm so that you can open the unit without disconnecting cables
m two internal expansion slots for PCI cards and one combination slot for either a PCI or an
AGP card
m fault-sensing operation with sensors to detect internal temperature, blower status or
failure, power status or failure, and open enclosure