Zenith Data Systems MT2000 manual Option Boards

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Option Boards

This section describes how to install and remove EISA/ISA and PCI option boards. The system board has three dedicated EISA/ISA bus master expansion slots, four dedicated PCI bus master expansion slots, and one shared PCI/EISA bus master expansion slot (see Figure 5-10). You can install one EISA board or one PCI board in the shared slot, not both.

The high-performance PCI local bus allows the adoption of newer networking technology, such as ATM and 100 MB/second Ethernet NICs, with a minimum of effort and without concern for I/O bottlenecks. The PCI local bus offers up to 133 MB/second bandwidth.

This combination of PCI and EISA expansion offers continuing support for existing special function EISA add-in boards, such as X.25 Multiport Serial cards.

Upgrades and Options