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IBM ESCON Directors

Future Data Solutions offers reconditioned and certified IBM ESCON Directors and converters.

The IBM 9032 ESCON Director provides channel connectivity using fiber optics and the Enterprise Systems Connection Architecture for selected models of ES/3090J, the ES/3090 9000T, ES/9000 processors, and all models of the S/390 CMOS Servers. It provides for connection and switching among ESCON channels and ESCON control units. The ESCON Director provides up to 248 connection ports that may attach to either channels or control units. Optional enhanced availability features are also available. The ESCON Director supports attachment of the ESCON Converter 9034 Model 1, which allows attachment of control units with parallel interfaces.
 

IBM
9032
models
Standard
Support
Distance
Extended
Support
Distance
Number
of
Ports
002 3Km 9 Km (LED)
60Km (XDF)*
28-60
003 3Km 9 Km (LED)
60Km (XDF)*
28-124
005 3Km 9 Km (LED)
60Km (XDF)*
24-248

*With Extended Distance Feature (XDF) ports and repeaters and ESCON XDF channels.


IBM ESCON Converter

The IBM ESCON Converter 9034 Model 001 attaches many existing parallel channel I/O devices to ESCON channels.
 

IBM
9034
Model
Optical
Ports
Parallel
Interface
Multi-dropped
Parallel Channels
Max
Data
Rate
Max
Fiber
Dist.
Max
Parallel
Distance
001 1 1 8 4,5
MB/sec
3Km* 122m**
 

*Between channel and 9034-001. Distance extensions require an RPQ.
** Between 9034-001 and the control unit.

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