Specifications

Escala Tower PL & S, E, T System Hardware
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11. Escala PL420T Server
18,2 GB Ultra-SCSI Disk Drive (1"/10Krpm)
Discontinued: September 5, 2003
11.1. PL420T Description
The PL420T provides:
One 1-way, 2-way or 4-way CPU board.
2 slots for CPUs Boards (1 or 2 CPUs on each one)
Expandable DDR SDRAM Memory up to 32 GB
The system service processor
6 hot plug PCI-X bus slots
1 integrated Ultra3 SCSI SE controller
2 integrated Ultra3 SCSI busses (one for an internal port and one for an external port)
4 hot-swap disk bays
2 Medias Bays :
1 Open Bay for CD-ROM/DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM
1 Open Bay for Disquette /DVD-RAM or tape drive (optionnal)
Keyboard and mouse ports
Two 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet port
3 serial ports
2 serial ports dedicated for HMC attachement
Optional redundant hot-swap power supply
Optional redundant hot-swap fans
Up to 3 logical partitions (LPAR).
A Hardware Management Console (HMC) provides the set of functions to manage the PL420T and
LPAR configurations
11.2. Extensions and Options
External modem for remote monitoring and maintenance allowing the service processor to call out
and alert the Bull Maintenance Center.
Fibre Channel Adapter (FC-AL – 2 Gb/s).
Communications adapters (FDDI, Ethernet 10/100Mb/s, Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring,
Asynchronous).
DAS fibre RAID disk subsystems with FC-AL interface.
EMC disk subsystems with SCSI or FC-AL interface.
11.3. Maximum Configuration
Four CPUs.
32 GB of memory.
587.2 GB of disk space.
Six PCI slots.