QUICKSPECS | Compaq AlphaServer GS140 |
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Options
Step 10 − MEMORY CHANNEL − Optional (continued)
OpenVMS Systems (continued)
•In cases where nodes must be separated by a longer distance than standard copper cables allow, the CCMFB option converts the output of the standard CCMAB controller or CCMLB line card to single-mode fibre optic cable. The fibre optic connection may be up to 2,000 meters long between two CCMAB controllers connected in virtual hub mode, or 3,000 meters between a CCMAB controller and a CCMHB hub. (The connection from the CCMHB hub to a second system may also be 3,000 meters). The CCMFB option requires a second PCI slot in the system from which it draws power only. It is normally connected to the corresponding CCMAB controller with the short BN39B-01 cable. The CCMFB is also used in the CCMHB hub where it occupies a slot normally used by the CCMLB line card, limiting expansion to four radial fibre optic connections.
•The CCMHB-BA hub expansion box provides additional slots for up to 8 fibre optic connections. Two standard length, single-mode fibre optic cables are available (BN34R-10 and BN34R-31); however, users normally provide this connection. Customers should reference the TIA/EIA 568-A Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard, Section 12.3.4. Fibre optic connectivity is completely transparent to the systems using it and has no performance impact.
MEMORY CHANNEL Controller/Network Hub | |
PCI System Area Network controller, maximum two | CCMAB-AA |
System Area Network hub with 4 line cards; includes BN19P-2E power cord for Canada, Japan, | CCMHB-AA |
and US operations; country-specific power cord for other regions is required | |
MEMORY CHANNEL hub expansion box with no line cards | CCMHB-BA |
Expansion line card for CCMHB hub | CCMLB-AA |
1-m cable for CCMAB and CCMHB | BN39B-01 |
4-m cable for CCMAB and CCMHB | BN39B-04 |
10-m cable for CCMAB and CCMHB | BN39B-10 |
Copper-to-single mode fibre optic converter | CCMFB-AA |
TruCluster Production Server Software for Tru64 UNIX | QB-3RLAQ-AA |
Tru64 UNIX Driver for MEMORY CHANNEL license | QB-4ZCAQ-AA |
OpenVMS Cluster license for Alpha systems | QL-MUZAQ-AA |
MEMORY CHANNEL Power Cords | |
Ireland, United Kingdom | BN19A-2E |
Egypt, India | BN19S-2E |
Central Europe | BN19C-2E |
Israel | BN18L-2E |
Switzerland | BN19E-2E |
Italy | BN19M-2E |
Denmark | BN19K-2E |
Australia, New Zealand | BN19H-2E |
MEMORY CHANNEL (Requirements for Currently Installed AlphaServer 8400 systems)
•Console firmware at revision V2.3 or higher
•CCMAA-BA adapter must be installed in slots 0-7 of a DWLPA-AA/AB/BA/BB PCI; no restriction for DWLPB-AA/AB/BA/BB PCI bus
•For two system nodes, order one CCMAA-BA per system and one BC12N-10 cable to connect them.
•For three or more system nodes, order CCMHA-AA (MEMORY CHANNEL Hub) one CCMAA-BA and one BC12N-10 cable per system node.
•CCMHA-AA (MEMORY CHANNEL Hub) is configured with four CCMLA-AA Line Cards and supports up to four nodes. Expansion up to eight system nodes can be achieved by adding up to four additional CCMLA-AA Line Cards, except TruCluster Production Server configurations
PCI to MEMORY CHANNEL controller, maximum two | CCMAA-BA |
MEMORY CHANNEL Hub with four line cards | CCMHA-AA |
MEMORY CHANNEL Line Card for use with MEMORY CHANNEL Hub (CCMHA-AA) | CCMLA-AA |
