246 iSeries and AS/400e System Builder
#9074 #9074 Base I/O Tower
The #9074 Base I/O Tower is the base I/O tower shipped on the Model 830. The #9074 supports up to 45 disk units (15
units are “base”, with an additional 30 provided with #5101 or #5111), up to 11 PCI IOAs, up to two removable media units,
one battery backup, and redundant or hot swap power supplies. The #9074 has a #9943 Base PCI IOP and a #9748 Base
PCI RAID Disk Unit Controller. The 14 PCI slots are used and supported (driven) by the #9943 Base PCI IOP and by
#2843/#2844/#2847 PCI IOPs.
The #2790 PCI Integrated Netfinity Server or the #2791/#2792/#2799 PCI Integrated xSeries Server can also support
selected LAN cards.
The #1460 - 3 m Copper HSL Cable is included automatically on the order.
One #14xx power cord must be specified (geography dependent).
The #9074 is capable of controlling Ultra2 SCSI disk units.
The two removable media devices (internal tape, CD-ROM or DVD) are supported by the #9748/#9778.
The #9074 was withdrawn from marketing on 01 January 2004.
#9079 #9079 Base I/O Tower
The #9079 Base I/O Tower is the base I/O tower shipped on the Model 840. The #9079 supports up to 45 disk units (15
are “base”, with an additional 30 provided with #5101 or #5111), up to 11 PCI IOAs, up to two removable media units, one
battery backup, and redundant or hot swap power supplies. The #9079 has a #9943 Base PCI IOP and a #9748 Base PCI
RAID Disk Unit Controller. The 14 PCI slots are used and supported (driven) by the #9943 Base PCI IOP and by
#2843/#2844/#2847 PCI IOPs. The #2790 PCI Integrated Netfinity Server or the #2791/#2792/#2799 PCI Integrated
xSeries Server can also support selected LAN cards.
Select two (any combination) of the following HSL cables:
#1460 - 3 m Copper HSL Cable
#1461 - 6 m Copper HSL Cable
#1462 - 15 m Copper HSL Cable
Select one of the following SPCN cables per tower:
#1463 - 2 m SPCN Cable
#1464 - 6 m SPCN Cable
#1465 - 15 m SPCN Cable
#1466 - 30 m SPCN Cable
One #14xx power cord (two when dual-line cord feature #5104 is ordered for the 840 system unit) feature must be specified
(geography dependent).
The #9079 is capable of controlling Ultra2 SCSI disk units.
The two removable media devices (internal tape, CD-ROM, and DVD) are supported by the #9748/#9778 PCI RAID Disk
Unit Controller.
The #9079 was withdrawn from marketing on 01 October 2004.
#9301 #9301 Upgraded 30-Disk Expansion
The #9301 is equivalent to a #5101 30 Disk Unit Expansion. It is ordered when doing a Model 830 to 840 upgrade, and the
Model 830 has a #0550 iSeries Rack installed. A #0550 iSeries Rack to #0551 iSeries Rack conversion is performed and
an #0125 - #9079 Lower Unit in Rack and #9301 are added to the install record.
The #9301 was withdrawn from marketing on 21 November 2003.
#9691 #9691 Base Bus Adapter (Copper HSL)
The #9691 is a base bus adapter card that installs in the #5074 PCI Expansion Tower and #5079 1.8 M I/O Tower, the #9079
Base I/O Tower or the #8079 Optional Base 1.8 M I/O Rack on a Model 840 system unit, and in the #0578/#5078 PCI
Expansion Unit. The #9691 supports HSL Copper.
Minimum operating system level: OS/400 V4R5
The #9691 was withdrawn from marketing on 01 December 2005.
#9886 #9886 Base Optical Bus Adapter
The #9886 Base Optical Bus Adapter provides optical HSL connectivity for the #5094, #0595/#5095, #0588/#5088 PCI,
#5294 expansion units. The #9886 can only be ordered with a new expansion tower or unit. If the expansion unit is already
installed, order a #2886 for this function.
Recommended replacement is the #9876 Base Optical Bus Adapter.
Supported on Models 830 and 840
Minimum operating system level: OS/400 V5R2
The #9886 was withdrawn from marketing on 01 June 2006.
