Products Owner's manual

2 • ClearCube Architecture and Product Overview R-Series Data Center Products User’s Guide
R-Series PC Blade
The ClearCube PC blade is a dedicated computer that delivers full PC functionality
(including USB) to the desktop from a centralized location. Each R-series PC blade
contains all the industry-standard components of a desktop PC: processor, memory,
hard disk, video support, and Ethernet. You can easily connect peripherals to the PC
blade through USB ports on the User Port that is connected to the blade over a
network. Additionally, a single USB port is located on the front of the blade. You can
load application software on to your PC blade through peripherals connected to the
USB ports, or via the Ethernet connection on each blade.
Each blade has its own systems management circuitry powered independently from
the main components. This system illuminates the front panel status indicators and
monitors blade parameters even when the blade is powered off. The front panel LCD
shows the last three digits of the blade serial number as a default. ClearCube Sentral
software can be used to program as many as 10 alphanumeric characters into the
display. Figure 1 shows several R-series PC blades.
Figure 1 R-series PC Blades: Dual-Slot R3040S, Single-Slot R3080D, and Single-Slot R1350
Single-Slot R3080D
Single-Slot R1350Dual-Slot R3040S