5486M825.fm Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004
206 IBM Eserver i5 and iSeries System Handbook
Model overview
This section takes a closer look at the minimum functional server, required
features, and optional features.
Minimum functional server
A minimum functional server consists of the base server unit and selected priced
features. The base server includes:
Physical package and power elements
System unit (CEC)
Active backplane (CCIN 25CA)
– 10 PCI-X card slots
– Hot plug PCI capability
– Two high-speed link (HSL) slots/connectors
– Integrated/embedded 10/100 Mbps Ethernet IOA (CCIN 288E)
Operator panel (CCIN 250A)
#9793/#9794 Base PCI Two-Line WAN with integrated modem
Base direct access storage device (DASD) cage
Concurrent disk maintenance is supported. One base DASD Cage (CCIN
28BC) is included in the base system unit and provides five disk unit slots. Up
to two additional #7124 DASD Expansion Unit - 5 slot cages can be added,
for a maximum of three DASD cages and up to 15 disk units in the base
system (CEC).
HSL bus adapters
– #9787 Base HSL-2 Ports - 2 Copper (CCIN 28B3)
– In addition to the #9787, one of the following HSL adapters must be
specified:
• #9785 Base HSL-2 Ports - 2 Copper
• #9786 Base HSL Ports - 2 Optical
Two 1040 W Power Supply (two line cords required)
– Power supply and fan hot plugging is supported.
#9844 Base PCI IOP
Provides support for the Converged Service Processor and up to four
input/output adapters (IOAs).