• An Overview of Superservers [including Parallan 290]

    From Louis Ohland@ohland@charter.net to comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware on Thu May 8 08:10:52 2025
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    What a twisted web we weave...

    Notice they included the SCSI controllers, Intelligent Memory Mover, and
    the Remote Maintenance Processor into the total... You can get either
    ONE or TWO system processors, though my SWAG is a uni-processor is a system/application processor, while a dual-processor has a system
    processor and an application processor...

    https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dataproDatANCommunications1992Vol3752_1337173/mode/1up

    page 7

    "The Parallan servers are upwardly compatible and include the Parallan
    Server 290, Models 10, 20, 50, and 60. The Model 10 has five processors, including one 33MHz 80486 system processor, two RISC SCSI processors,
    the bit-sliced Intelligent Memory Mover, and the 80C186-based Remote Maintenance Processor (RMP). A 64-bit InterProcessor Bus, 8M bytes of
    Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) main memory, 676M bytes of hard disk storage, one dual-channel SCSI intelligent disk controller, a Micro
    Channel bus with eight slots, and Parallan’s Maximum Availability and Support Subsystem (MASS) are all a part of the Model 10.

    The Model 20 has one additional processor beyond the Model 10, a 33MHz
    Intel 80486 system processor. It differs from the Model 10 in that it
    contains 16M bytes of ECC main memory, 1.3G bytes of hard disk storage,
    a dual-channel SCSI controller, and a dual Micro Channel bus. The Model
    50 has eight processors—two 33MHz Intel 80486 system processors, four
    SCSI processors, the Intelligent Memory Mover, and the 80C186-based RMP.
    It has the 64-bit IP-bus, 24M bytes of ECC main memory, 5.4G bytes of
    hard disk storage, two dual-channel SCSI controllers, dual Micro Channel
    buses with 12 slots, MASS, and one expansion enclosure. The Model 60 is identical to the Model 50 except that it has 32M bytes of main memory,
    10.8G bytes of hard disk storage, and three expansion enclosures."
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  • From Louis Ohland@ohland@charter.net to comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware on Thu May 8 08:55:56 2025
  • From Louis Ohland@ohland@charter.net to comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware on Thu May 8 09:56:14 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware

    Not perfect, but better than nothing...

    Parallan Server 290 Series I, Models 10, 20, 50, and 60

    All models have a 64-bit InterProcessor Bus, 8 + 4 MCA slots,
    80C186-based Remote Maintenance Processor (RMP), and Maximum
    Availability and Support Subsystem (MASS).

    Model 10 (1x) 486DX-33, 8MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 676MB
    Model 20 (2x) 486DX-33, 16MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 1.3GB,
    Model 50 (2x) 486DX-33, 24MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 5.4GB, (1x) expansion enclosure.
    Model 60 (2x) 486DX-33, 32MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 10.8GB, (3x) expansion enclosures.


    Parallan Server 290 Series II, Models 12, 25, 35, 45, 55, and 65
    Incorporates all Series I features, plus the 486DX-50 CPU Cache
    Subsystem, and the Parallel Disk Array...

    Model 15 (1x) 486DX-33, 8MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 426MB storage
    Model 25 (1x) 486DX-50, 16MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 852MB storage
    Model 35 (1x) 486DX-33 / (1x) 486DX-50, 24MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 1.7GB
    Model 45 (1x) 486DX-33 / (1x) 486DX-50, 64MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 3.4GB
    Model 55 (2x) 486DX-50, 96MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 9.6GB storage
    Model 65 (2x) 486DX-50, 128MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 19.2GB storage
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  • From Louis Ohland@ohland@charter.net to comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware on Thu May 8 10:03:09 2025
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    All Series II have the OS/2 Reserved Memory Manager, which extends
    server memory beyond OS/2's 16MB limitation to support up to the full
    128MB capacity of the Series II family.

    Not sure, the Series I came out under OS/2 ver 1.1 / 1.3, and the OS/2
    SMP probably supports >16MB already...

    Louis Ohland wrote:
    Not perfect, but better than nothing...

    Parallan Server 290 Series I, Models 10, 20, 50, and 60

    All models have a 64-bit InterProcessor Bus, 8 + 4 MCA slots,
    80C186-based Remote Maintenance Processor (RMP), and Maximum
    Availability and Support Subsystem (MASS).

    Model 10 (1x) 486DX-33, 8MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 676MB
    Model 20 (2x) 486DX-33, 16MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 1.3GB,
    Model 50 (2x) 486DX-33, 24MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 5.4GB, (1x) expansion enclosure.
    Model 60 (2x) 486DX-33, 32MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 10.8GB, (3x) expansion enclosures.


    Parallan Server 290 Series II, Models 12, 25, 35, 45, 55, and 65
      Incorporates all Series I features, plus the 486DX-50 CPU Cache Subsystem, and the Parallel Disk Array...

    Model 15 (1x) 486DX-33, 8MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 426MB storage
    Model 25 (1x) 486DX-50, 16MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 852MB storage
    Model 35 (1x) 486DX-33 / (1x) 486DX-50, 24MB ECC, (1x) 2ch SCSI, 1.7GB
    Model 45 (1x) 486DX-33 / (1x) 486DX-50, 64MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 3.4GB
    Model 55 (2x) 486DX-50, 96MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 9.6GB storage
    Model 65 (2x) 486DX-50, 128MB ECC, (2x) 2ch SCSI, 19.2GB storage
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