Ch 3: Installing Optional Devices
38 Hitachi PC VisionBase8450H/R Server
The following table shows extended boards installable in each expansion slot.
Legend: Y: Installable, N: Not installable
Extended Storage Bays
Extended storage bays provide space for installing SCSI devices such as internal hard disk and internal CD-ROM.
There are nine extended storage bays; extended storage bays 1 to 6 are solely used for hard disk, extended storage
bays7 to 9 are solely for removable devices such as internal CD-ROM.
Usable expansion slot
PCI ISA
Part name
1
2
3
4
8
9
7
7
1
7
Disk array controller board
1
1 Only one board can be installed.
N N N Y N N N -
Fibre Channel board
2, 3
2 Installable when an external disk array unit [DF350] is connected.
3 Up to two pieces can be installed when a dual controller for an external disk array unit is supported.
N Y Y N N N N -
LAN board
4
4 Up to six boards can be installed.
Y Y Y N Y Y Y -
Multi-communication box
1
N Y Y N N N N -
ISDN board
1, 5
5 Usable in a Windows NT environment.
N Y Y N N N N -
SVP board
1, 5
N Y Y N Y N N -
Communication board
1, 6
6 Usable in a CommuniNet gateway environment.
7 Expansion slot (PCI) 7 and expansion slot (ISA) 1 are shared. Only one of them can be used at a time.
- - - - - - - Y
ISDN board set
1, 6
- - - - - - - Y
Extended storage bay 1
Extended storage bay 2
Extended storage bay 3
Extended storage bay 4
Extended storage bay 5
Extended storage bay 6
Extended storage bay 8
Extended storage bay 9
