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PCServer520 - Parts required to add backplanes or hard drives
Applicable to: World-Wide
This document is intended to correct incorrect part number information in the Marketing Catalog. The part numbers below are correct.
PC Server 520 - Type II Backplane
(133Mhz processor and below) (ED2, EDG, EZ0, EZ1, EZE, EZS, EZV, MD0, MD2, MDG, MZ0, MZE, MZL, MZS, MZV)
The parts required to add 2 or more backplanes or configure more than 6 hot swap hard drives internally are listed below:
Type II Backplane: |
P/N 94G4605 ships with cable for |
FRU 06H8388 |
PCI SCSI Cable: |
P/N 94G3988 |
FRU 06H6876 |
220 Watt Power Supply Upgrade: |
P/N 70G9739 |
FRU 06H3237 (sub to 12J5701) |
Note: Daisy Chaining of Type II Backplanes is not supported.
PC Server 520 Type III Backplane
(166Mhz processor) (EE0, EE1, EEE, EEL)
The parts required to add 2 or more backplanes or configure more than 6 hot swap hard drives internally are listed below:
Hot Swap Type III Backplane |
P/N 76H2670 |
FRU 76H2671 |
PCI card to Backplane Cable |
P/N 94G3988 |
FRU 06H6876 |
220 Watt Power Supply Upgrade |
P/N 70G9739 |
FRU 06H3237 (sub to 12J5701) |
Daisy Chain Backplane cable |
P/N 94G4070 |
Note: Daisy chaining of type III backplanes is supported.
(Installation considerations from Announcement Letter 196-134)
Internal Hot-Swap Expansion Considerations for Non-Array Models: When adding second or third banks of hot-swap hard disk drives, it is necessary to install the PC Server Power Supply Upgrade (70G9739) in addition to the PC Server Hot-Swap Backplane III (76H2670) and SCSI PCI Card to Backplane Fast/Wide Cable (94G3988) options. Also, an appropriate SCSI adapter, such as the PC Server SCSI-2 Fast/Wide PCI Adapter II (94G4673), is required for attachment of the backplane.
Internal Hot-Swap Expansion Considerations for Array Models: Array models support up to 12 SCSI-2 hot-swap hard drives per channel. When adding a second hot-swap backplane, a PC Server Power Supply Upgrade (70G9739) is required in addition to the PC Server Hot-Swap Backplane III (76H2670) and SCSI PCI Card to Backplane Fast/Wide Cable (94G3988). One end of the SCSI-2 PCI Card to Backplane Fast/Wide Cable is connected to one of the remaining two internal connectors on the PC ServeRAID SCSI Adapter, while the other end is connected to the hot-swap backplane. If installing a third PC Server Hot-Swap Backplane III, a Backplane-to-Backplane Cable (94G4070) can be used to daisy chain from the second backplane. This eliminates the need to use a second SCSI PCI Card to Backplane Fast/Wide Cable. However, for performance considerations, the third backplane can be cabled directly to the PC ServeRAID SCSI Adapter through the use of SCSI PCI Card to Backplane Fast/Wide Cable. Daisy chaining more than two backplanes per connector/RAID channel is not supported.
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Date Created |
12-06-98 | |
Last Updated |
22-01-99 | |
Revision Date |
12-06-99 | |
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IBM PC Server | |
Product Family |
PC Server 520 | |
Machine Type |
8641 | |
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ED2; EDG; EZ0; EZ1; EZE; EZS; EZV; MD0; MD2; MDG; MZ0; MZE; MZL; MZS; MZV; EE0; EE1; EEE; EEL | |
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