Setup guide
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EPC1200
Chapter 4. EPC1200/1200A and 2400
Describing the Escala EPC1200/1200A and 2400 Systems which consist of two racks (a
computing rack with a CPU drawer and an expansion rack with an I/O drawer).
EPC1200 – Profile
These models, contained in a two 19” racks (36U), are two RL Nodes, including:
Computing Unit (CEC–Rack):
• 1 Base CPU Board with 4 RS64A@125 Mhz and 4MB cache per CPU
• 3 slots for 4–CPU boards
• 16 slots for memory boards (512, 1024, 2048, 4096MB)
• Remote I/O Board supporting 4 I/O connectors (each at 500 MBps)
• 512 MB Base River Memory (4 boards of 128MB)
Expansion Unit (I/O–Rack):
• 1 I/O drawer with 12 Disks bays, 4 Media bays and 14 slots for PCI adapters
• 2x6 bays (1”) for disks with
– 11 disks bays (1”) free for add–ons
• 1x4 bays for media with
– 1 Floppy Disk 1.44MB 3” 1/2 (1 media bay used)
– 1 12–20X CD–ROM drive (1 media bay used)
– 2 additional media bays free for add–ons
– 2 additional media bays free for add–ons
• 14 slots for PCI adapters [5x64–bit slots (all free), 9x32–bit slots (6 free)]
– 1 SCSI Adapter for driving devices/media bays
– 1 SCSI Adapter for driving devices/disk bays
– 1 Service Processor PCI board (1 dedicated PCI slot used)
– Keyboard and Mouse Port
– 2 Serial ports and 1 Parallel port
• cables: 2x6 m for Remote I/O loops, 2x6 m SPCN & 1x6 m JTAG
• 1 Power Distribution Unit Specify (Single Phase)
• 4.5 GB Base Ultra–SCSI 16–bit Hot Swap Disk Drive (1”)
Note: Up to 4 I/O drawers can be accommodated with an additional Expansion unit.