Note: On the Model 6C1 the SCSI slots of the hot swap six pack are numbered from 1 to 6, right to left. On the model 6E1 they are numbered 1 to 6, top to bottom.

Table 2-2give you detailed information about how you can connect internal SCSI devices to your system.

Table 2-2 SCSI cable configurations

Configuration options, a combination of:

SCSI devices in media bay 0 or 1.

Zero up to six hot swap disk drives to be installed

 

in the six pack enclosure.

 

 

One internal SCSI disk in the media bay 0

One internal disk drive could be installed in media

 

bay 0 mounted behind the operator panel and

 

zero up to six hot plug disks could be installed in

 

the six pack. You will need the SCSI 2-Drop

 

Connector Cable (# 4247) to attach the drives to

 

the system.

 

 

One internal SCSI disk only in media bay 0 and a

The first internal disk drive could be installed in

second internal SCSI disk in media bay 1.

media bay 0 mounted behind the operator panel.

 

The second internal disk drive can be mounted in

 

media bay 1 and requires the media bay disk

 

drive mounting kit. You will need the SCSI

 

Connector Cable and Repeater Card (# 4248)

 

and the SCSI 3-Drop Connector Cable (# 4249)

 

to attach the drives to the system.

 

 

Zero or one internal SCSI disk in media bay 0 and

One internal disk drive could be installed in media

one tape drive (4 mm or 8 mm) in media bay 1.

bay 0 mounted behind the operator panel. The

 

4 mm or 8 mm tape drive needs to be mounted in

 

media bay 1. You will need the SCSI Connector

 

Cable and Repeater Card (# 4248) and the SCSI

 

3-Drop Connector Cable (# 4249) to attach the

 

drives to the system.

 

 

Zero or one internal SCSI disk in media bay 0 and

One internal disk drive could be installed in media

one SCSI DVD-RAM drive in media bay 1.

bay 0 mounted behind the operator panel. The

 

SCSI DVD-RAM drive needs to be mounted in

 

media bay 1. You will need the SCSI Connector

 

Cable and Repeater Card (# 4248) and the SCSI

 

3-Drop Connector Cable (# 4249) to attach the

 

drives to the system.

 

 

2.5 Miscellaneous

The following selected information about ISA, USB, Boot support, NEBS compliance, and HMT is given in the sections below. At the time of writing, the following are not supported:

￿Industry standard architecture (ISA) adapters

￿Universal Serial Bus (USB) adapters

￿Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) requirements

￿Hardware multi-threading (HMT)

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IBM 6E1, 6C1, 610 manual Miscellaneous, Configuration options, a combination

610, 6C1, 6E1 specifications

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