Card Technology - IBM i series Handbook

• System Console/Communications Adapter
The console on LAN options require a dedicated LAN adapter. A #0367 Operations
Console PCI Cable will also be added to the order by the marketing configurator.
– #5540 System Console on twinaxial workstation controller
#4746 PCI Twinaxial IOA
– #5544 System Console on #9771 WAN Adapter
#0367 Operations Console PCI Cable
– #5546 System Console on 100 Mbps Token Ring
• #2744 PCI 100Mbps Token-Ring IOA (Console)
• #0367 Operations Console PCI Cable
– #5548 System Console on 100 Mbps Ethernet
• #4838 PCI 100/10Mbps Ethernet IOA (Console)
• #0367 Operations Console PCI Cable
The 840 server initial installation and model upgrades are performed by IBM Service
Representatives.

Card Technology

With the implementation of new PCI technologies, the Model 840 provides more flexibility in
the placement of IOPs and IOAs. This results in more efficient use of card slots, potentially
resulting in a lower cost of implementation.
Earlier AS/400e models required input/output processors (IOPs) to be in specific slots in the
system and expansion towers. If high performance in a particular area was required, a single
input/output adapter (IOA) may have been assigned to a single IOP. This resulted in
unassigned slots in the tower, leaving valuable slots empty.
This PCI I/O structure enables customer setup of selected features of the Model 840. It also
enables Hot Plug PCI for adding and replacing hardware without taking the server down. A
full understanding of configuration rules associated with the various I/O features of the 840
system is required.
The 840 processors support four 32-bit and ten 32/64-bit PCI slots.
These functions do not have equivalent function PCI cards for the Model 840:
• ASCII Adapter
• V.25 Autocall cable
• Select standby mode
iSeries Model 840
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iSeries Model 840