MB-8S Blade

The MB-8S Dual Xeon Server Blade features dual Intel Xeon processors (up to 3.06 GHz), up to 8GB of DDR SDRAM DIMM, integrated dual Broadcom gigabit Ethernet Adapters and 2 Hot-Swap SCA SCSI drive bays provided by a storage expansion module. With the optional Fibre Channel HBA this server blade can handle all of your enterprise computing needs.

Microprocessor

• Supports up to 2 microprocessors Intel® Xeon™ 2.6 GHz or faster 512 KB ECC L2 cache

Memory

• Four double data rate (DDR) PC1600 sockets
• Memory Capacity Support for 512 MB to 4 GB
• DIMM Sizes 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB
• Memory Type 2-way interleaved DDR, PC2100, ECC SDRAM registered x4SDDC* (Single Device Data Correction) DIMMs only

Drives

• Support for up to two internal IDE 2.5-inch hard disk drives; space for only one IDE disk if an I/O expansion option is installed
• Support for up to two Ultra320 SCSI hot-swap hard disk drives (80-pin, SCA-2 connectors) available in an optional SCSI storage expansion unit which connects to the server blade.
• Contains LSI Logic* 53C1020 Ultra320 SCSI controller. Maximum data transfer: 320MB/sec on each Ultra320 LVD channel, suppports RAID-1 mirroring.

Size

• Height 24.5 cm (9.7 inches)
• Depth 44.6 cm (17.6 inches)
• Width 2.9 cm (1.14 inches)
• Maximum weight 6.8 kg (15 lbs.)

Integrated Functions

• Two Gigabit Ethernet controllers support full duplex, Wake on LAN®, teaming and failover
• ATI Rage XL PCI 2.2 video controller with 8 MB of video memory
• Local service processor provides RS-485 interface for communication with the Intel® Server Blade Chassis and the management module, system and environmental monitoring, event recording, and alert capability
• IDE ATA-100 hard disk drive controller
• Light-Guided Diagnostics (LED lights indicate failing component) Flash-based embedded diagnostics
• USB buses for communication with keyboard, mouse, diskette drive, and CD-ROM drive1
• Chipset: Server Works* Grand Champion LE