Ch 1: Hardware
Hitachi VisionBase 8880R Server 1
1: Hardware
System Overview
The Hitachi VisionBase 8880R Server is a high performance IA-architecture server upgradeable to an 8-way server
system that has PentiumII Xeon processors. Its features include the following:
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Pentium II Xeon: IA32 Microprocessor (400/450MHz, 1/2MB L2 Cache)
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Windows NT Enterprise Server with high expandability and a 19-inch rack mount system
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High I/O band width (64 bit PCI bus x 4) with a 16GB memory system
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High Availability with built-in robustness by hardware redundancies and RAS feature
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High performance and scalability
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Joint development with Corollary and Intel with profusion architecture and additional Hitachi original
technology
System Specifications
The Hitachi VisionBase 8880R Server system has four (4) independent 64-bit PCI busses.
See the table below for the system specifications.
CPU PentiumII Xeon
400/450 MHz x 8 1/2MB L2 Cache
CPU Bus frequency 100 MHz
PCI Bus frequency 33 MHz
Memory Std./Max.
(4-way Interleave)
512 MB/16 GB (32 GB with 256MB DIMM)
SSTL SDRAM DIMM
4 Memory boards (2 Standard, 2 Optional)
32 DIMM slots/Memory boards
Display Controller S3 Trio64 V2/DX (2MB)
1280 x 1024 (256 colors) 1024 x 768 (65,536 colors)
800 x 600 (True color), 640 x 480 (True color)
Slots 64-bit PCI x 15, 32-bit PCI x 3
PCI/ISA x 1 (shared), ISA x 1
Disk Array Mylex DAC960PU (Mylex)
Ultra Wide-SCSI 3, RAID 0,1,5,7, 0+1 supported
Disk Supports 9GB/18GB HDD (SCA2 interface)
Maximum capacity is 108GB using 18GB HDDs
System Management • System Manager (Hitachi proprietary)
• SVP board (Hitachi Emergency Management board) (Fero
3
Availability)
