Disk Requirements And Options; Switch And Communication Adapter Requirements And Options - IBM RS/6000 SP Handbook

2.7.6 Disk requirements and options

222 MHz POWER3 SMP High Nodes can have one pair of internal hard disk
drive attached through an integrated Ultra SCSI network. The node can have
either no internal hard disk drive (with external booting) or from 9.1 GB to a
maximum of 36.4 GB of mirrored, internal disk storage.
Additional hard disk drive can be attached to the POWER3 High Node by using
up to six SP Expansion I/O units. Each expansion unit has four hard disk drive
bays.
Optional internal disk devices are available as follows:
9.1 GB Ultra SCSI disk pair (F/C 2909)
18.2 GB Ultra SCSI disk pair (F/C 2918)
9.1 GB Ultra SCSI 10K RPM disk pair (F/C 3804)
18.2 GB Ultra SCSI 10K RPM disk pair (F/C 3810)
36.4 GB Ultra SCSI 10K RPM disk pair (F/C 3820)
External storage devices can be accessed through optional Ultra SCSI adapter
(F/C 6207) and SSA adapter (F/C 6230).

2.7.7 Switch and communication adapter requirements and options

If you are planning to use a switch in your SP system, you need switch adapters
to connect each RS/6000 SP node to the switch subsystem. SP switch adapters
have several characteristics and restrictions, including the following.
Switch restrictions
POWER3 SMP High Nodes are not supported with the SP Switch-8. You must
use the SP Switch, 16-port (F/C 4011) or the SP Switch2, 16-port (F/C 4012).
Note: The POWER3 SMP High Node is not compatible with the older high
Performance series of switches. If you install a POWER3 Wide Node into a
switch-configured system, it must use only SP-type switches.
Switch Adapters
The switch adapter for POWER3 SMP High Nodes does not occupy a PCI slot; it
is installed into the Mezzanine bus (MX). The MX bus connects the I/O planar
with the system planar. Placing the switch adapter in the MX bus enables switch
traffic to proceed at higher bandwidths and lower latencies.
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