6 communication adapters – IBM RS/6000 User Manual

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PCI SCSI-2 Differential Fast/Wide Adapter

The adapter can burst data to devices on the SCSI bus at 20 MB/sec.

It has a single connector for attachment of external differential devices. It is a
shielded 68-conductor connector consisting of two rows of 34 female contacts.

Both 8-bit and 16-bit device attachments are supported, but intermixing 8-bit and
16-bit devices is not supported.

The maximum number of addressable IDs enabled by the adapter is 15, but due to
cabling restrictions, the actual total number of supported devices attached to the
internal and external connector may be less.

The adapter occupies one PCI bus slot, and a maximum of six adapters can be
installed in the Model E20.

The following table shows the maximum number of both internal and external
devices that can be attached to a SCSI-2 adapter together with related cables. By
“Multi-device,” we mean an external enclosure that may contain more than one
SCSI device.

Table 6. SCSI Adapter Connections on Model E20

Adapter

Maximum number of devices

Cables Feature Code

Feature

Code

Internal

External

Internal

External

Single

MultiDevice

Native

7

0

0

Not

required

Not

allowed

2408

4

4

0

2442

2111,
2113,

2115, 2117

2408

0

4

0

Not

allowed

2111,
2113,

2115, 2117

2408

0

0

1

Not

allowed

2111,
2113,

2115, 2117

2409

0

25 meter cable maximum

Not

allowed

2112,

2114, 2116

Note: Maximum SCSI adapters: 6

2.4.2.6 Communication Adapters

The following communication adapters are supported:

Auto LANstreamer Token-Ring PCI Adapter

PCI Ethernet Adapters

ISA X.25 Adapter

ISA 4-Port Multiprotocol Communications Controller

ISA 8-Port Asynchronous Controller EIA-232

ISA 128-Port Asynchronous Controller

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