Tyan Computer GX21 - Manual (Page 9)

1.1 About the Transport GX21 B5102
Chapter 1: Overview 1
Chapter 1: Overview
1.1 About the Transport GX21 B5102
Congratulations on your purchase of the Transport GX21
B5102 rack mounted, barebone system for Intel®
Pentium® 4 processor. The Transport GX21 B5102 uses an
advanced Intel chipset for optimum performance and reliabil-
ity. Integrated storage contoller and Gigabit Ethernet ports
combine to provide powerful computing capacity and optimal
I/O bandwidth for the most demanding enterprises.
The rugged, industry standard 19-inch, rack mountable
design contains 2 HDD bays, 1 slim CD-ROM bay and 1 3.5-
inch FDD or additional HDD bay making it both flexible and
practical.
1.2 System Requirements
There are 2 different SKUs of Transport GX21 .
A choice of S-ATA and IDE HDD is possible with the
B5102G21S2 and the modular design makes installation of
new HDDs simple. S-ATA is a new HDD standard that uses
serial data transfer methods, unlike the traditional IDE
devices which rely on parallel data transfer.
Model
HDD Tray
Type
Hot-swap
Support
HDD
Backplane
B5102G21S2
(OEM Only)
Internal
(fixed)
No No
B5102G21S2H
(Standard)
Removable Yes
2-port
S-ATA