System Information
System Board
Appendix B
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System Board
This section provides a block diagram of the system board and descriptions of key components (integrated
circuits) on the board.
Figure B-1 System Block Diagram
System Board Components
The following sections describes the main components of the system board:
• Intel Itanium 2 Processor (one or two processors supported)
• I/O and Memory Controller
• AGP/PCI Bus Controller
• Processor Dependent Hardware (PDH) Controller
• Dual Serial Controller
• Field Processor Gate Array (FPGA) Controller
• Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
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