beautypg.com

Expansion slots, I/o connectors, Expansion slots i/o connectors – Gateway ALR 7300 User Manual

Page 30

background image

20 Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Gateway ALR 7300 Server

Expansion slots

The system features seven expansion slots: five PCI slots, one shared
PCI/RAID port slot, and one shared PCI/ISA slot. The I

2

O feature

connector is aligned with one of the PCI slots (secondary PCI slot 1). If you
install a card in the I

2

O feature connector, you may not be able to use the

corresponding PCI slot.

The PCI bus processes peripheral transactions at a system clock speed of up
to 33 MHz.

I/O connectors

The I/O connectors are located on the back cover of the system. Figure 8
shows the connectors.

Figure 8: I/O Connectors

The following I/O connectors are included with the system:

Two universal serial bus (USB) ports provide connection for a
growing list of peripherals including mouse, keyboard, joystick,
monitor, tape, and diskette drives. You can daisy-chain up to 127
devices from each port. The port also provides hot-swap capability

Parallel
port

Serial
port 1

Serial
port 2

Mouse
port

Keyboard
port

Video
port

Dual USB
ports

RJ-45
ethernet
port

Punchout section for
optional external SCSI

4075.book Page 20 Friday, April 2, 1999 9:26 AM