
Appendix A. Overview of Hardware Components
This appendix contains highlights of hardware storage components available on
the RS/6000.
A.1 Storage Product Interface Adapters
This section looks at the hardware adapters available to connect various
hardware storage components to the RS/6000 system units.
A.1.1 SCSI Adapters
The following are examples of SCSI adapters that are available to connect SCSI
devices to the RS/6000.
A.1.1.1 IBM SCSI High Performance I/O Controller
This Micro Channel adapter occupies one slot in the RS/6000 and provides:
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One SCSI internal and/or external bus interface
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4MB/sec maximum synchronous data transfer
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2MB/sec maximum asynchronous ...