DEC-7000-AXP+VAX-Rackmount

This document introduces the DEC 7000 AXP and VAX 7000 Rackmount and Packaged Systems, emphasizing their versatility, power, and space-saving design for data centers.

Key Highlights:

• Space Efficiency: Available in a 19-inch wide rackmount format, these systems allow for "double the computing power in half the space," saving floor space and reducing costs. Two systems (four chassis) can be installed in a single 81-inch cabinet, with each system requiring only 35 inches of vertical rack space.
• Performance & Applications: Designed for rigorous data center computing, including mission-critical and technical applications like transaction processing and imaging. They offer single or multiprocessing capabilities.
• Modularity & Expandability: The modular platform allows for flexible configurations, easy expansion, and integration of rackmount storage devices. Systems can be purchased as "building blocks" and configured as component modules or complete systems in a cabinet.
• DEC 7000 AXP Features: Offers balanced performance with a high-bandwidth internal bus (800 MB/sec peak). Highly expandable through symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), larger memory, and increased I/O bandwidth. Supports OpenVMS AXP and UNIX-based DEC OSF/1 AXP operating systems, ensuring seamless integration and investment protection.
• VAX 7000 Features: Provides cost-effective data center solutions, ideal for "rightsizing" mainframe applications and serving as a backbone for compute-intensive tasks. Leverages the proven OpenVMS operating system, offering investment protection, VAXcluster, and networking support, with an easy growth path to future VAX or Alpha AXP technology.
• Configuration & Maintenance: Systems are custom-quoted and configured. They feature sliding rails and pivoting chassis for easy service and consolidated internal cabling.
• Technical Differences: Unlike their larger counterparts, the rackmount versions support three CPUs (instead of six) and do not include battery backup, recommending an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) as an alternative.

The document also provides detailed electrical and physical specifications, environmental requirements, and ordering information for various system configurations and XMI I/O chassis options.