The basic characteristic of those new nodes is the lack of a local disk. Furthemore, their price is significantly lower than the Orbit nodes due to their hardware specifications. Sometimes, we may refer to those diskless nodes as Low Cost Nodes (LCN).

The LCN are [ alix2.c2 ] system boards of [ PC Engines ] company equipped with:

• CPU: 500 MHz AMD Geode LX800
• DRAM: 256 MB DDR DRAM
• Storage: Compact Flash socket
• Power: DC jack or passive POE, min. 7V to max. 20V
• Three front panel LEDs, pushbutton
• Expansion: 2 mini PCI slots, LPC bus
• Connectivity: 2 Ethernet channels (Via VT6105M 10/100)
• I/O: DB9 serial port, dual USB port

 

An alix2.c2 board bundled with two Atheros cards and connected to a Splitter of PoE	Diskless Node 1	Diskless Node 2

 

A Splitter of Power over Ethernet