Data General AViiON 5500 Series, Installing, Expanding, And Maintaining

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Integrated I/O connectors and signals
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VMEbus backplane and options
This section describes the AViiON 5500 and 550 series VMEbus
backplane and lists the optional devices it currently supports.
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Electrically compliant with Motorola VME specification,
Revision C.1
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Sustained nonblock (single word) mode VMEbus transfer rate
Supports maximum of two of the following 6U form factor controller
or adapter boards (maximum subject to configuration–dependent
power constraints).
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VMEbus Asynchronous Controller (VAC/16)
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VMEbus Distributed Asynchronous Host Adapter (VDA/255)
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VMEbus Synchronous Controller (VSC/3i)
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VMEbus Terminal Controller (VTC)
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VMEbus Ethernet LAN Controller (VLCi)
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VMEbus Token Ring Controller (VTRC)
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VMEbus Fiber–Optic FDDI Controller (VFC) –– maximum one
CAUTION: The VME card cage supplies 15 amps maximum current; your
configuration must not exceed this limit. Refer to the documentation
that came with your VME controllers for specifications and
restrictions.
Integrated I/O connectors and signals
This section lists the I/O connectors and signals available on the
AViiON 550 and 5500 computer system and system bus option
boards. For a description of VMEbus connectors and pin
assignments, refer to Setting Up and Installing VMEbus Options in
AViiON
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Systems.