Bifrost components 2011-03-01
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This represents equipment which have "passed" our tests at some point of time.
NOTE. This implies no guarantee whatsoever.


Mid-Range
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XEON Quad Core E5620 2.4 GHz 8M L3 Cache QI=5.86GT
TYAN motherboard S7002
3 1GB ECC DDR3 1333MHz
3U Chassies

High-Range
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Also a similar system as above but based on 
TYAN's motherboard S7025 

Low-Range and Low Power
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ATOM based SuperMicro motherboard X7SPA and variants
Fanless chassies still need some work but there are
some work in progress.

Network Cards
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Intel Network Cards based on:
Chip 82599 for 10g -- ixgbe driver
Chip 82575/6 and 82580 (rel. new and under field test) -- igb driver





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Hi-End and Mid-range 2U/4U Opteron system:

TYAN  2927G2NR-E NVIDA NFP3600          1 *
2 x 512 MB                              2 *
Opteron quad-core (Shanghai)   CPU      1 * 
2U or 4U Chassi                         1 *
USB memory stick                        1 *

Option: Redundant power supply 

Intel 82575/6 based GIGE based Network cards
SUN Neptune   10g/1g cards
Intel 82598   based 10g based Network cards



Hi-End (more PCI slots) Opteron system:

TYAN Thunder n6550W (S2915-E)           1 *
256 MB Reg ECC PC3200 (400 MHz)         4 * 
Opteron quad-core (Shanghai)   CPU      2 *  (Note! 2 CPU populate all PCI slots)
4U Chassi                               1 *
USB memory stick                        1 *

Option:
Redundant power supply
 EMACS MRG-6500P Redundant PSU 2x500W


Note!
Memory configuration impacts performance in various ways. If possible use at
least 2 DIMM's per physical CPU to achieve 128 bit transfer mode.

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