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Updated 12/03/02
IB
M
R
X
E
-100
Remote I/O PCI-X 6-slot
Expansion Kit
Six-pack B
Remote I/O PCI-X 6-slot
Expansion Kit
Six-pack A
(standard)
Fans
Fans
power
supply
power
supply
(rear)
(front)
primary RIO
connections (external)
and DMC ports
(RS-485 bus)
secondary RIO
connections
RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure
P/N 8684-1RX
top view
• Rack-mounted 3U enclosure that fits standard IBM racks.
• Contains six active PCI-X adapter slots with support for six optional slots (6-slot expansion kits
are not hot-swap).
• Supports three 133MHz or six 100MHz adapters (backward compatible to 33 or 66MHz adapters).
• Interfaces directly to the host server memory controller.
• Interfaces with Remote Supervisor Adapter in the host server (jumper cable provided with Remote I/O
PCI-X 6-slot Expansion Kit to connect second six-pack to the system management bus).
• Hot-swap redundancy for fans and power supplies (two 370W power supplies and four cooling fans).
