Duker, Re: "Why doesn't INTC buy ADPT (despite the warts)?"
Bite your tongue. If you are an Intel investor, you don't want that. Adaptec is struggling a lot with company strategy, specifically what their products should be. More to the point, what products CAN they get into, or remain in, that make sense for them to restart their growth? They have a difficult position in that they are like "the man in the middle". I.E., their main product sits between the processor/chipset and the peripheral, such as a hard drive. Their product, SCSI controllers being their main one, can be sucked into the motherboard/chipset or CPU chip itself, kind of like what can happen to modems (soft modems) or multimedia cards (PCOAC). Ultimately, down the road, with millions more gates becoming available on CPU chips, why have these lower technology PCB's, like SCSI adapters in a computer? Just put the function on the CPU chip.
Shorter term, I noticed that Intel designed Symbios, not Adaptec SCSI controllers into their flagship Xeon server. Why not Adaptec, the so called leader?
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Product Specifications
Processor/Cache
Processor Supported
Up to four 400 or 450 MHz Pentiumr II
XeonT Processors with 100 MHz system
bus 512KB, 1M, or 2M full speed L2 cache
System Memory
Memory Capacity
4 GB with 16 DIMM sockets for EDO DRAM
DIMM Sizes
32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB and 256 MB
Error Detection
Corrects single-bit errors, detects double-bit
errors (using ECC memory). Nibble error
detection also provided.
Integrated I/O
SCSI
Symbios* Logic SYM53C896 dual channel
SCSI-3 Ultra2 SCSI controller.
Symbios* Logic SYM5353C810AE Narrow
Fast SCSI controller.
Graphics
Maximum Resolution
Graphics Memory
Cirrus Logic* GD 5480
1,600 x 1,200; 16.7M colors
2 MB 10 ns SGRAM
IDE
Single channel for a total of two IDE devices
Super I/O Controller
National* Super 87309
Serial Ports
Two Asynch, RS-232C, 9 pin and 10 pin
Parallel Port
IEEE 1284, 25 pin bidirectional
Floppy Controller
1.44 MB, 2.88 MB, 3-mode support
Keyboard/Mouse Port
PS/2, 8240A compatible
Expansion Slots
(seven total)
Description
Three on PCI-A, four on PCI-B (one shared
PCI/ISA on PCI-B)
System
Form Factor
Pedestal
Rack
Height
18.06" with feet
7U
Width
12.25"
19"
Depth
25.25"
25.25"
Weight
85 lbs. (minimum config.)
Hot Swap Drive Bay
Drives
Supports six SCA 3.5" (1.0" high)
SCSI Backplane
SCA Connectors
Drive Cooling
Two fans attached to bay
Redundant Cooling
Up to eleven fans
Three fans for the electronics bay plus three
for redundancy
Two fans for hard drive bay
One per power supply (up to three)
Hot Swap Redundant Power
DC Power Supplies
1,200W -- 3 x 400W PFC, hot swap
Redundant with 3rd power supply installed
AC voltage/frequency
115v/60 Hz; 230v/50 Hz
+5V
24A maximum
+5V standby
1.5A maximum
+12V
18A sustained -- peak 19.0A <10ms
+3.3V
36A maximum
-12V
0.5A maximum
Peripheral Bays
External
3 @ 5.25"; 1/2 height (1.6")
1 @ 3.5"; 1/3 height (1.0") floppy installed
Server Management Instrumentation
Failure detection
Voltage, thermal, operating-system
watchdog, fan failure, hard disk drive failure,
power supply failure, processor status, ECC
memory
Emergency
Management Port
Remote reset, power up/down control, Read
system event log, view Sensor Data
Records, view Field Replaceable Units,
external modem required
Event Logging
Nonvolatile to prevent loss in event of a
power disruption
Security
Chassis intrusion (configured through
jumper), video blanking, password protection
Intel Server Control Features
Managed Servers
Operating system supported: Windows*NT
Server 4.0,Novell Netware* Server 4.11,
UnixWare 7.0
Management Console
Allows a single administrator the flexibility to
monitor multiple servers one at a time from
one location
Operating system supported: Windows NT
4.0, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows
95
System Health Monitor
Temperature, voltage, fans, chassis intrusion,
ECC memory, processor status,
power-supply status, on board NIC and
SCSI. OS hang via Watchdog Timer
Alert Notification
Beep the speaker, Network broadcast, DMI
indication, SNMP trap, writing into System
Event log (non volatile storage), Message
box.
Critical Event Actions
Graceful Operating system shutdown
Immediate power off, reset or NMI
System BIOS
BIOS Type
8 Mb Flash EEPROM with Intel Phoenix
BIOS, Multiboot BBS BIOS Boot
Specification) 1.0 Compliant
Special Features
Plug and play, IDE drive autoconfigure, DMI
2.0, ECC/Parity support and multilingual
support
Configuration Utilities
System Set up Utility (SSU) enables easy
system set up of BIOS
Environment
Ambient Temperature
Operating
Non-operating
+10øC to +35øC
-40øC to +70øC ambient
Relative Humidity
Non-operating
95% @ 30øC non-condensing
Acoustics
<47 dBA with one power supply @ 28+-2øC
(<55dBA with three power supplies)
Altitude Derate
0.5ø per 1000ft
Electrostatic Discharge
20KV per Intel Environmental test
specification
Regulations
Meets or exceeds the following
requirements:
Safety
U.S./Canada
UL 1950, 3rd Edition (UL and cUL)
Europe/CE Mark
EN 60 950 ; German GS Mark to EN 60 950
International
Certified by NEMKO to meet requirements of
EN 60 950 with amendments and Nordic
deviations, and IEC 950 with amendments.
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
U.S.
FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Class B
Canada
Complies with the Limits for Radio Noise
Emissions for Class B Digital Apparatus as
required by Industry Canada (IC).
Europe/CE Mark
EN55022 and EN50082-2 (CE Mark -
Complies with EU EMC Directive
89/336/EEC)
International
CISPR 22, Class B
Japan
VCCI, Class 2 (based on CISPR 22
Requirements)
For More Information
For configurations, please contact your nearest Intel sales representative or
authorized distributor.
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