Specifications
Escala Tower PL & S, E, T System Hardware
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6. Escala E620/E604e Server
Escala E604e discontinued as of 31/12/2000
Escala E620 discontinued as of 31/07/2001
All Addons on these models discontinued as of 08/07/2002.
6.1. Technical Features
The Escala E model features a single PowerPC 620 RISC processor at 180MHz or a single PowerPC
604e RISC processor at 225MHz or at 360 MHz (maximum two CPU boards).
The PowerPC 604e @225MHz has 32 KB internal cache and 1MB L2 cache for fast data transfer
between the processor and memory.
The PowerPC 604e @360MHz has 32 KB internal cache and 4MB L2 cache.
The PowerPC 620 @180MHz has 32 KB internal cache and 4MB L2 cache.
This Model also includes an Ultra SCSI bus for disks, 2 memory slots (a riser memory board can be
plugged on each memory slot), 7 I/O slots with the optional PCI Extender board (7 PCI 32-bit slots, 2
shared PCI/ISA slots) or 4 I/O slots with the optional PCI Entry Extender Board (2 PCI 64-bit, 2 ISA
slots), and 5 disks/media Areas (the Area N° 1 is reserved for media, the Area N°2 is configurable
either for media or for disks, the other Areas are reserved for disks).
Up to 2 media, up to 2 disks (1.6" high) or up to 3 disks (1" high) can be plugged on one Area.
The maximum memory configurable is 2 GB (8x256MB)
The maximum internal disk capacity is 218.4GB (12x18.2GB) using 4 Areas in the base cabinet
This maximum disk capacity is 655.2GB (3x12x18.2GB) using 2 expansion disks cabinets.
Standard Features
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One single CPU module PowerPC 620 @180MHz - 4MB L2 cache
or
one single CPU module PowerPC 604e @225MHz - 1MB L2 cache
or
one single CPU module PowerPC 604e @360MHz - 4MB L2 cache
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One slot for additional CPU module
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One Ultra SCSI bus for disks & media
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64MB memory (up to 2GB)
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4.2GB disk minimum (up to 218.4GB) - RAID functionality option
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Disk Hot Swapping
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One Ethernet port (10 Mb/s)
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One CD-ROM disk drive
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One SVGA Adapter with 1MB video memory
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Keyboard and mouse ports
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Three asynchronous ports and one Centronics port