Setup guide

2-1
EPC400
Chapter 2. EPC400 Series
Describing the Escala RT Series rack with an Escala RT drawer.
EPC400 Series – Profile
These models, contained in a 19” RACK (36U), are RT Nodes, including:
Configuration
EPC400
CPXG210–0000
EPC430
CPXG225–0000
EPC440
CPXG226–0000
Power Supply Redundant Redundant Hot Swapping
Slots for CPU board 4 4 2 (up to 8GB)
Ultra SCSI Bus for Medias 1 1 1
Ultra SCSI Bus for Disks 1 1 (ultra–2/LVD) 1
Floppy Disk 1.44MB 3” 1/2 1 1 1
Keyboard and Mouse Port Y Y Y
SVGA Adapter 1 1 1
Video Memory RAM 1 MB 2MB 1 MB
Ethernet Port (10/100 Mbps) 1 1 1
Async. Lines 3 3 3
Centronics Port 1 1 1
Disk Hot Swapping Y Y Y
I/O Slots 5 PCI + 2 PCI/ISA
+ 1 ISA
5 PCI + 2 PCI/ISA
+ 1 ISA
8 PCI
Open Bay for Medias 2 2 2
2 Slots for Cages
of 3 Disks(1”) or 2
Disks (1,6”)
2 Slots for Cages
of 3 Disks(1”) or 2
Disks (1,6”)
12 Open Bays for
HOT–swappable
disks 1”
or 6 Open Bays
for HOT–swap-
pable disks 1.6”
Rack Mount Option Type 1 Type 1 for drawer 8EIA
Standard Adapters/Cables
One CBLG105–1800 serial cable is automatically generated for every drawer.
Two CBL1912 adapter cables (9 pin, 25 pin) are systematically provided with any base EPC
model.
An 8–port asynchronous board is per default generated for every CPU drawer:
M.I. (DCCG087–0000)
PCI 8–Port Async RS232 Adapter with connector box.
This board can be removed in order to save a slot. But remember that this board is often
necessary for establishing the RS232 serial network (heart beat messages) between the
nodes. Native serial ports (COM3 and COM2) must be used for setting the heart beat
network.
The 8–port Async board is also mandatory on a node which a modem is connected to,
when the Remote Maintenance Option is used, see page 12-1.