The CIPCA interconnect is a high speed, dual path interface that links computers with the CI bus.
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CIPCA-AA PCI to -CI Storage Host Bus Adapter requiring
one EISA and one PCI slot
CIPCA-BA PCI to -CI Storage Host Bus Adapter requiring
two PCI slots
Throughput Greater than 10.8 MB per second
I/Os per second Greater than 4800
Supported CIPCA host systems AlphaServer host systems, including 8400, 8200,
4100, 4000 2100A, 2100, 2000 and 1200
Supported CI hierarchical HSJ controllers with HSOF V2.5 or higher; all
storage controllers HSC controllers except HSC50
Supported CI host adapters CIXCD and CIBCA-B
CIPCA-AA Minimum OpenVMS 6.2-1H2, 6.2-1H3, (7.0 not supported), 7.1
Version
CIPCA-BA Minimum OpenVMS 6.2-1H2, 6.2-1H3, (7.0 not supported), 7.1
Version
Features:
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Highest performance CI adapter (up to 4K packets)
Provides high speed OpenVMS cluster communications paths for
larger processors and I/O intensive applications
Provides high capacity storage growth potential for
efficient shared access to storage - up to ten terabytes of data
Provides high OpenVMS interconnect availability; redundant
CI cable pairs - the loss of a single connection will not break the
link to other OpenVMS Cluster nodes because failover to working
connections takes place automatically
Provides multiple access paths to storage devices by means
of dual controllers and dual ported devices
Allows for addition and removal of individual nodes and
storage devices without necessarily having to shut down the entire
configuration
Provides investment protection by allowing different systems
and storage devices to be connected to the CI
Coexists with all XMI and BI systems (VAX and Alpha), and
all HSC/HSJ (except HSC50)
Supports all AlphaServers 1200 an up. No support for the
1000 Series and below
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