New Primergy PC servers from Siemens Nixdorf serve all needs

October 16, 1995 -- MUNICH. SIEMENS NIXDORF'S NEW "PRIMERGY" PC SERVER
FAMILY FEATURES EXTREMELY FAULT-TOLERANT OPERATION, VERY HIGH
AVAILABILITY, COMPREHENSIVE SCALABILITY AND WIDE-RANGING UPGRADABILITY.
THESE INTEL-BASED SERVERS ARE ALSO CONSPICUOUS DUE TO THEIR MODERN,
COLORFUL DESIGN. THE FOUR MODEL LINES (100, 300, 500 AND 700) EXTEND FROM
AN ENTRY-LEVEL SERVER TO THE TOP-OF-THE-RANGE MODEL WITH SYMMETRICAL
MULTIPROCESSING ARCHITECTURE IN SPACE-SAVING RACK TECHNOLOGY. THEY COVER A
FULL RANGE OF APPLICATION AREAS: FROM FILE PRINT SERVERS FOR WORKGROUP
COMPUTING TO R/3 DATABASE SERVERS.

All models from the Primergy 150 upwards are equipped as standard with
"Server Man", a monitoring logic and control software for optimum
management of the servers. This server management helps with rapid
identification of defective server components and in critical functions
like displaying server configurations, initiating a new start-up, and the
reaction after switch-on or to environmental conditions like unusual
temperature ranges.

The disk array controller provided with all Primergy servers from 300
upwards considerably increases the availability of the systems. After a
defective hard disk has been replaced, the original setup is automatically
restored, so that work can continue without any loss of data. It is even
possible to replace a defective hard disk (hot replace) or a failed module
for redundant power supply (hot plug) safely during operation on the
Primergy 500 and 700 model lines. EDC (error detection and correction) on
the 550 and 750 models detects errors in main memory and automatically
corrects them. Memory areas that are not accessed for long intervals are
periodically checked for memory errors by means of "memory scrubbing".

Center piece of all Primergy models are mircoprocessors of Intel
architecture. The scalability of the Primergy models extends from the
single Pentium processor up to the quadruple processor of Intel's next
generation (provisionally known-as "P6" in the models 560 and 760 Pentium
Pro). All models are offered in various configurations and can be adapted
in modular style to meet individual customer requirements.

The high-end line of these high performance server, the Primergy 700, is
designed in a space-saving standard (19-inch) cabinet that accommodates
several servers, processor modules, memory modules and failsafe power
supplies, inserted like drawers one above the other. Due to high packing
density, the system can be extended to four servers and thus offer a
compact, flexible and powerful platform that is suitable for setting up
configurations of the type found in data processing centers. Within the
two standardized cabinets the system can be extended in an easy and
modular way. Flexible and secure cable routing at the rear of the plug-in
modules enables clear layout of all the connected facilities and
facilitates service work. Several rack servers can be administered
simultaneously via an electronic change-over switch with just one monitor
and one keyboard. There are systems with horizontal (natural) cooling as
well as systems with a cooling device.

"Our Primergy range products are no longer just PCs", explains Gernot
Henning, head of the Product Division Servers at the PC Line of Business
in Augsburg. "Combined with the main standard operating systems, the new
models now constitute system platforms with PC technology that meet the
high demands of a client-server architecture. With these models, PC
technology will not only gain entry to tomorrow's computer centers, but
also help to implement powerful decentralized server systems
inexpensively."

Contact:
Line of Business PC
Manfred Weis
Tel.: (+49) 8 21 / 8 04 - 26 62

Press office
Ingrid Britz-Averkamp
Tel.: (+49) 89 / 636 - 431 33
 
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