System Cabinet Organization
1–6 7017 6300–005
Other I/O Devices
The I/O subsystem accommodates any other device that connects via a CS-bus interface
and is qualified for use on the system, such as:
• Standalone disks and tapes
• Devices housed in migratory I/O cabinets
• Devices attached via Direct Access Channels (DACs) to Fiber Distributed Data
Interface (FDDI) Local Area Network (LAN)s, 802.3 LANs, and Asynchronous Transfer
Mode (ATM) networks
• Other host systems
System Cabinet Organization
Section 2 provides card profiles of the system cabinet for typical product models.
Supported Peripherals
See "Configuring Channels" in Section 5 for a list of channel adapter styles supported on
the ClearPath Enterprise Server NX Product. Refer to the ClearPath Enterprise Server
NX I/O Hardware Configuration Guide (7008 6087) for a list of peripheral devices and
details regarding the I/O subsystem configuration.
System Components
Table 1–2 lists acronyms for system components. Refer to the Glossary for additional
functional definitions.
