SGI® Altix® 4700 System User's Guide

Document Number: 007-4823-002

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by Mark Schwenden

Illustrated by Chrystie Danzer

Production by Mark Schwenden

Engineering contributions by Rich Altmaier, Steve Bowen, Michael T. Brown, Dick Brownell, Holly Brunell, David Collins, Thomas Crapisi, Steve Dean, Hartmut Gottwald, Paul Wiley, Gary Meyer, Galen Flunker, Tom Hotle, Mark Koneazny, William Kellerman, Paul Kinyon, Paul Pedersen, Gregory Thorson, and Gary Spilde.

COPYRIGHT

© 2007 SGI Inc. All rights reserved; provided portions may be copyright in third parties, as indicated elsewhere herein. No permission is granted to copy, distribute, or create derivative works from the contents of this electronic documentation in any manner, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

LIMITED RIGHTS LEGEND

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The electronic (software) version of this document was developed at private expense; if acquired under an agreement with the USA government or any contractor thereto, it is acquired as “commercial computer software” subject to the provisions of its applicable license agreement, as specified in (a) 48 CFR 12.212 of the FAR; or, if acquired for Department of Defense units, (b) 48 CFR 227-7202 of the DoD FAR Supplement; or sections succeeding thereto. Contractor/manufacturer is SGI, 1140 E. Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085.

TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS

SGI, the SGI logo, and Altix are registered trademarks, and NUMAlink is a trademark, of SGI, in the United States and/or other countries worldwide.

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

Record of Revision

Revision -001October, 2006 
First release

Revision -002March, 2007 

Engineering updates describing 2D graphics card, IA2 base I/O blade and RAID 1 option.