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Chapter 2 Setting up a proprietary System
As the HP 81200 System is a very modular system which can be tailored to specific application needs,
but offers the possibility to be upgraded for future requirements, there are mainly three pre-installed
system configurations possible to order.
The initial setup of these HP 81200 System configuration is easy because the system is supplied fully
hardware and software installed. Only some additional connections to peripherals or to interconnect
the frames of an extended system need to be done.
NOTE: Large system configurations have higher power consumptions, so please make sure that the overall
system power requirements can be satisfied and is present at the place where the system has to be
installed.
For the next steps, please select from the following list the system configuration you have ordered and
received, then go to the section mentioned and perform the steps to set up the HP 81200 System from
the components you have received.
The HP 81200 System has the following major configurations
• Based on the 3-slot small mainframe HP E4840A, see setup instructions “Setting up an HP 81200
System based on HP E4840A Small Mainframe” on page 18
• Based on the 10-slot mainframe HP E4849A/B, see setup instructions “Setting up an HP 81200
System based on HP E4849A/B Mainframe” on page 22
• Based on the mainframe HP E4849A/B and extender frame HP E4848A/B, see setup instructions
“Setting up an Extended HP 81200 System based on HP E4849A/B and HP E4848A/B
Mainframes” on page 26
An extended HP 81200 system includes up to two HP E4848A/B Expander Frames, each equipped
with an MXI/VXI Interface Card HP E1482B. Each Expander Frame has 12 free slots.
The HP E4849A/B mainframe includes also an HP E1482A MXI/VXI Interface card, so there are
9 free slots.