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pSeries 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Technical Overview and Introduction
One or two POWER3-II 64-bit processors are connected to an IBM designed high
performance memory and system control chip set. These processors may be ordered in one
of the following configurations:
333 MHz processor, including 4 MB of Level 2 (L2) ECC cache.
375 MHz processor, including 4 MB of L2 ECC cache.
450 MHz processor, including 8 MB of L2 ECC cache.
IBM has implemented copper technology in its SMP workstations and servers. Refer to
“Copper and CMOS technology” on page 11 for more information.
The memory can be expanded up to 8 GB for improved performance and exploitation of
64-bit addressing, as used in large database applications.
The Models 6C1 and 6E1 contain up to ten media bays. The six front-accessible,
hot-swappable disk drive bays (standard when selecting 375 MHz and 450 MHz processor
models) can accommodate up to 218.4 GB of disk storage using 36.4 GB disk drives. The
333 MHz model has four standard media bays.
A SCSI backplane (# 6567) can be added to a 333 MHz system to provide six hot-swappable
disk drive bays. It requires additional cables (# 4258 for RAID applications and # 4259 for
JBOD if no other SCSI device exists in the media bays). It is recommended that for ease of
future upgrades, all 333 MHz systems should be ordered with # 6567 and the required
cables.
Media bay 0 is occupied by the operator panel but has the default disk drive (non-hot swap)
mounted behind the operator panel.
Media bay 1 can be used for:
An additional IDE CD-ROM drive
A DVD-RAM drive
An optional non-hot-swap disk (requires the media bay disk drive mounting kit to install a
SCSI disk drive in the media bay)
An optional media device, such as a 4 mm or 8 mm tape drive
Media bay 2 holds the default IDE CD-ROM drive or can hold a DVD-RAM drive, instead of
the default CD-ROM.
Any tape device or DVD-RAM installed on the system requires a SCSI backplane (# 6567) in
order not to slow down any media bay mounted boot devices attached to the same integrated
SCSI controller.
Media bay 3 is occupied by a diskette drive.
A mouse or one of several national keyboards are used as input devices.
Note: To attach a 25-pin serial cable, you need to order the Serial Port Converter Cable,
9-Pin to 25-Pin (# 3925). This is not shipped with the system unit.
An RJ45 to 9-pin converter cable is shipped automatically with every Model 6C1, which
can be used for the RJ48 front serial port. The additional connections provided by the
RJ48 connector are currently not used.
