About This Guide
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How to Use This Guide
• Read the entire guide to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts it presents
• Use it as a reference for configuring system components and system options
• Use it to facilitate the ordering of system components
Organization
This guide consists of the following sections. In addition, an index appears at the end of
this guide.
Section 1. Introduction
Provides a system overview that describes the system components.
Section 2. Configuring System Hardware
• Lists models included in the product line
• Lists hardware component styles, by model
• Provides an overview of each model
• Provides card profiles for the system and console cabinets
• Provides block diagrams of the central equipment complex and the overall system
Section 3. Configuring System Options
Describes how to configure the following options:
• Memory expansion
• Channel expansion
• Redundant system control processor (SCP)
• Additional displays
• Operator work space
• Redundant power supply
• Additional OSS7000 devices
Section 4. Configuring I/O Cabinets and Channel Racks
• Provides a brief description of I/O cabinet configurations, referring the reader to
appropriate publications for detailed information
• Describes how to configure channel racks
