SGI Altix 4700 Blade Servers

Utilize the blade architecture of the Altix 4700 platform for “plug and solve” flexibility

Compute Blades

Bandwidth Configuration

• Dual-core Intel Itanium® 2 Series 9000 with 1.6GHz, 8, 18 or 24MB
• 533MHz Front-side bus
• Single-core Madison 9M Itanium 2 available
• 1 x processor socket/blade
• 12 x DIMM slots/blade
• 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB DIMMs
• Up to 39 Intel Itanium® 2 Processor sockets/rack

Density Configuration

• Dual-core Intel Itanium 2 Series 9000; 1.4GHz w/12MB, or 1.6GHz with 8, 18, or 24MB
• 533MHz Front-side bus
• 2 x processor sockets/blade
• 12 x DIMM slots/blade
• 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB DIMMs
• Up to 78 Intel Itanium® 2 Processor sockets/rack

Memory-only Blade

• 12 x DIMM slots/blade
• 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB DIMMs
• low-cost way to add to shared memory with processor & licensing costs

I/O Blades

Base I/O Blade

• Up to 2 hard drives, choose 146GB or 300GB SAS, or 250GB SATA2
• 1 Base I/O Blade required for every SSI/partition
• 2 x low-profile PCI-X slots
• RAID 0 or 1
• 1 x SAS port, 1 DVD R/W, 2 x Gigabit Ethernet, & 4 x USB
• Double-blade width
• Supports 2D graphics card

PCI-X Expansion Blades

• 3-slots full 64-bit, 133MHz PCI-X slot, hot-pluggable & double-blade width
• 2-slots full 64-bit, 133MHz PCI-X slot, hot-pluggable & single-blade width
• Up to 2 hard drives, choose 146GB or 300GB SAS, or 250GB SATA2
• 1 Base I/O Blade required for every SSI/partition
• 2 x low-profile PCI-X slots
• RAID 0 or 1
• 1 x SAS port, 1 DVD R/W, 2 x Gigabit Ethernet, & 4 x USB
• Double-blade width
• Supports 2D graphics card

PCI-Express I/O Blade

• 2 x PCI-Express slots
• 2 x standard-height PCIe cards at 16x speeds
• Supports 3D graphics card

PCI-X + PCI-Express I/O Blade

• 2 64-bit 133MHz PCI-X slots
• 2 16x PCI-Express slots
• Double-blade width

North American Systems serves as SGI’s primary geographic reseller in the Midwest area. We are the expert local resource for SGI’s high-performance computing & data storage needs. To contact an SGI expert today, simply click the link to the right and fill out your information. You may also contact us by calling 800-927-7474 or emailing sales@nasi.com.

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