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Overview of the Xserve G5

The Xserve G5 is the Macintosh server platform using the PowerPC G5 microprocessor. It has a rack-mount enclosure and includes server-oriented features such as ample internal storage, hot-pluggable drives, hardware monitoring, and easy tool access.

This developer note includes both the standard three drive bay configuration and the basic cluster node single drive bay configuration. Both configurations feature high performance I/O, high speed network I/O, and 400 MHz ECC DDR memory. The differences in the two Xserve G5 configurations are identified throughout this document. When not specifically stated, the information presented in this note is for the both configurations.

Contents:

Hardware Features
Features of the Enclosure
System Software

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