SGI® Altix® ICE 8200 Series System Hardware User's Guide

Document Number: 007-4986-005

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Record of Revision

Revision -001July, 2007 
First Release

Revision -002March, 2008 
InfiniBand, processor, service node, I/O and memory enhancements

Revision -003November, 2008 
Updates to cover double-wide compute blade with 2x DIMM capacity and PCIe card support.

Revision -004March, 2009  
Updates to cover new compute-blade architecture (IP95) and new 2U service node availability.

Revision -005September, 2009 

Updates to cover introduction of optional quad-data-rate (QDR) switch blade technology in the ICE. Introduction of a 3U service node (XE500) with optional graphics capabilities is also documented.