Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP
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1.1: Upgrading
As the purchaser of a powerful state of the art Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP computer you have no doubt
decided on the features and upgrade capabilities that you might wish to add to your computer. There are many
exciting possibilities for upgrading your Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP. Ciara Technologies Inc. has
extensively tested a range of potential upgrade and enhancement options that range from hard disks to various
optical drives. Some of these work much better than others and we are able to recommend the ones that work best
with your Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP computer.
Ciara Technologies Inc. will be pleased to help you to ensure that you choose the most reliable and compatible system
components when the time comes to upgrade and enhance your Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP computer in a
manner that will preserve the Warranty. Figure 1.4 summarizes the general features of the various types of upgrades
and enhancements that may be added to any Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP.
UPGRADES AVAILABLE Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP
Parallel ATA Hard Disk Drives Several hard disks ranging from 40 to 400 GB
Serial ATA Hard Disk Drives Several hard disks ranging from 40 to 400 GB
SCSI Hard Disk Drives Several hard disks ranging from 18 to 300 GB
Optical Drives Internal & external CD-ROMs, DVD-ROM’s,
and writeable CD and DVD drives may be
added.
PCI Express x16 Video
Controller
All video controllers compliant with the PCI
Express x16 standard, with 128 MB of video
memory or more.
System Memory Up to 4 GB DDR2, 240 pin, PC400, PC533 or
PC667.
Disk Controllers A PCI bus Parallel ATA IDE controller is built
into the system as well as four Serial ATA
controllers (3 Gbps).
Optional SATA RAID (0, 1, 0+1 and 5)
PCI bus Ultra320 SCSI controller options are
available.
Hi Res. Monitors & Display
Adapters
17 to 21 inches CRT or LCD monitors.
Network Adapters Several PCI or PCI Express x1 bus network
adapter cards for Ethernet and Token Ring
transmission media are available.
Figure 1.4: Upgrades for Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP Computers
1.2: Networking
Among the more exciting applications for extending the power and utility of Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP
computers is to connect them (using communication links and adapter cards) with other computer systems to form
computer / communication networks in order that software resources (such as databases) and hardware resources
(such as printers and modems) may be shared. This is referred to as Local Area Networking (LAN) and Wide Area
Networking (WAN).
All Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP computers can be networked using a wide variety of network adapters that
permit the Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP computer to operate with a full range of mini and mainframe
computers. For example the Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP can be networked using a wide variety of Ethernet
adapter cards while running the UNIX Operating System.
Ciara Technologies Inc.’s System Integration and Networks Group would be pleased to provide you with turnkey
solutions for all your Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Novell NetWare and SCO/UNIX networking
needs. We have trained and certified experts on staff to help you.
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