236 iSeries and AS/400e System Builder
#5079 #5079 1.8 M I/O Tower (PCI I/O Expansion Tower)
The #5079 1.8 M I/O Tower is attached to Models 820, 830, and 840 for adding up to 90 disk units, up to 22 PCI IOAs, and
up to four removable media units. The #5079 includes two (in any combination) #9691 or #9739 optical HSL bus adapters
to provide the HSL interface to the system. The #5079 is essentially two #5074 PCI Expansion Towers, stacked in a single
1.8 m tower. Each ordered #5079 counts as two #5074s toward the system model maximums. For each #5079 ordered, a
quantity of two #5074 equivalent specify codes are added to the order. The #5079 is capable of controlling Ultra2 SCSI disk
units.
Select two, three, or four (any combination) of the following HSL cables for each tower:
#1460 - 3 m Copper HSL Cable
#1461 - 6 m Copper HSL Cable
#1462 - 15 m Copper HSL Cable
#1470 - 6 m Optical HSL Cable
#1471 - 30 m Optical HSL Cable
#1472 - 100 m Optical HSL Cable
#1473 - 250 m Optical HSL Cable
#1474 - 6 m HSL to HSL-2 Cable
#1475 - 10 m HSL to HSL-2 Cable
When a #5079 is present, one #1460 or #1461 must be selected.
Select two of the following SPCN cables per tower:
#0369 100 m Optical SPCN Cable
#1463 - 2 m SPCN Cable
#1464 - 6 m SPCN Cable
#1465 - 15 m SPCN Cable
#1466 - 30 m SPCN Cable
#1468 - 250 m Optical SPCN Cable
Two #14xx power cords must be specified (geography dependent).
Maximum: Two on the Model 820, six on the Model 830, 11 on the Model 840.
The #5079 is also supported in Linux partitions with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER or Red Hat Enterprise
Linux AS for POWER Version 3.
The #5079 is a Customer Install Feature.
The #5079 was withdrawn from marketing on 01 October 2005. The #5294 1.8m I/O Tower is the recommended
replacement.
