- Details and diagrams of dozens of server processors from Intel and AMD to Alpha and MIPS, including the latest64-bit Xeon and Opteron processors
- Server-designed motherboard architecture, BIOS, and bus technology, including PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express, and more
- Upgrading and trobleshooting memory, including optimal configurations and layout
- Installing and configuring storage devices, including hot swapping and drive configurations, and a comparison of every kind of disk subsystem from ATA to SCSI to Fibre Channel
- Configuring network interface cards (NICs) and common protocals and trobelshooting procedures
- Sun Microsystems servers, including RISC and SPARC architecture, reliability, scalability, storage, and management tools
- Analysis of considerations before deploying a server system: software costs, licensing, purpose, location, administration, network type, and upgrades
Chapter 1: The History of Servers
Chapter 2: Server Microprocessors
Chapter 3: Server Chipsets
Chapter 4: Server Motherboards and BIOS
Chapter 5: Memory
Chapter 6: The ATA/IDE Interface
Chapter 7: The SCSI BUS
Chapter 8: I/O System Hardware
Chapter 9: Backup Operations
Chapter 10: Network Operations
,etc.