92 iSeries and AS/400e System Builder
#5094 #5094 PCI-X Expansion Tower
The #5094 PCI-X Expansion Tower is a PCI expansion tower which provides I/O capability for iSeries servers. The #5094
has 15 disk unit slots, with an additional 30 slots available with the #5108 30-Disk Expansion Feature. The #5094 has two
removable media slots and 14 PCI-X IOP/IOA card slots.
A #9844 Base PCI IOP is included as base and needs to be listed on an initial order for a #5094 PCI-X Expansion Tower.
The #5094 PCI-X Expansion Tower includes a bus adapter to provide the HSL interface to the system. The IBM marketing
configurator adds one of the following to the order:
#6417 HSL-2/RIO-G Bus Adapter
#9876 Base Optical Bus Adapter
#9877 - Base HSL-2 Bus Adapter
A #9877 - Base HSL-2 Bus Adapter is shipped with new orders of a #5094 for Models 820, 830, 840.
#9886 Base Optical Bus Adapter
Specify when attaching to optical HSL-2 ports.
#9887 Base HSL-2 Bus Adapter (default)
Specify when attaching to copper HSL ports.
Up to 18 disk units per #2757 are supported in the system unit with System Unit Expansion disk cages of the Model 270.
For further placement rules and cabling information, refer to “#5094 PCI-X Expansion Tower” on page 238.
Minimum operating system level: OS/400 V5R2
