VAX Systems 4.31
VAX 7000 Model 810
V2.3—25 January 1999
Systems and Options Catalog
Product Description
VAX 7000 Enterprise Servers are part of a family of OpenVMS based systems
designed for the rigorous demands of data center computing. They have a
modular platform which enables users to improve performance in a number of
different dimensions— symmetric multiprocessing, larger memory, more I/O
bandwidth, greater disk capacity, and OpenVMS Cluster systems. VAX 7000
servers support additional I/O controllers, storage, user licenses, database
software.
With up to 6 CPUs in a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configuration and up
to 400 Mbytes/second of I/O, a single VAX 7000 system offers the powerful
features needed in data center systems. VAX 7000 systems in OpenVMS Cluster
configurations provide support for as much as 10 terabytes of storage.
An optional N+1 redundant power system allows for higher system availability
in the event of a power regulator failure. Systems can be configured with up to
three power regulators. Optional system level Uninterruptable Power Supplies
(UPS) are available to support CPU and I/O expansion cabinets.
The VAX 7000 Enterprise Server provides substantial I/O capacity, one 12-slot
XMI I/O channel is standard, with the option of adding up to three additional
12-slot XMI I/O channels. XMI I/O channels offer a bandwidth of 100
Mbytes/second each, making this system capable of providing very high I/O
bandwidth performance—up to 400 Mbytes/second.
XMI devices supported include adapters for Ethernet, CI, FDDI, and DSSI
interconnects. Support for up to sixteen Ethernet adapters, ten CI adapters,
twelve DSSI adapters, and eight FDDI adapters demonstrates the large
expansion potential of these systems. StorageWorks controllers enable SCSI-2
devices to provide reliable high-end storage on the CI bus.
Enterprise Expansion Packages may be ordered with a single part number to
provide the hardware and licensing necessary to start an OpenVMS Cluster or
add another node to an existing cluster.
