Specifications

1-10 • Overview AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Guide
Rear Panel Ports and Slots Description
Table 1-3 describes the rear panel ports and slots shown in Figure 1-3.
Table 1-3 Rear Panel Ports and Slots
Port or Slot Used to connect....
Up to seven PCI slots Option cards for high-performance
network, video, or disk controllers
Up to two EISA slots Option cards for network, video,
sound, or disk controllers
Parallel port Parallel device such as a printer
Serial port/terminal port (COM1) Console terminal or serial-line
peripheral such as a modem
Mouse port PS/2-compatible mouse
VGA port VGA monitor
Keyboard port PS/2-compatible keyboard
Serial port (COM2) Serial-line peripheral such as a
modem
SCSI port External SCSI devices
Power inlet System unit to a power outlet
Four additional SCSI port knockouts External SCSI devices without using
an adjacent slot
Internal System Options
Your system supports the following types of options:
Storage options
PCI and EISA/ISA options
Memory options
Storage Options
Mass storage options are located in several compartments inside the system as shown
in Figure 1-4. The system accommodates the following types of storage options:
One diskette drive
Two removable-media storage devices, typically, a CDROM drive, a digital
audio tape (DAT) drive, or a quarter-inch cartridge (QIC) tape drive
Up to seven 3½-inch StorageWorks drives