This feature provides an I/O Assembly with PCI-X and RIO-2 capability. It includes the I/O Planar, four 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, two Disk bays, four PCI-X slots, RIO-2 Connections for I/O drawer attachment, and two 10/100 BaseT Ethernet ports (for HMC connectivity). This I/O assembly would be selected for an I/O intensive node.