OEM Boards and Systems Hanbook 1989 - Al Kossow's Bitsavers

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The System 520 uses the IntellSBC 386/258 SCSI
Peripheral Controller to provide minicomputer level 110
performance to SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
, mass storage devices. 110 ciitical applications are '
accelerated by the combination of a 16 ~Hz 386 processor.
a large (1-4MBytes) data buffer for cachelng. and a 4 MByte
per second SCSI synchronous transfer rate. This flexible 110
subsystem can be useda~ an intelligent disk controller. or a
hybrid IRMX II application processorlfile server. through
soft-loaded "serverware."
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With the addition of the System 520. OEMs can easily
migrate their real-time applications across a complete line of
Intel system products. each offering a unique level of price.
performance. and function. The iRMX.1I Operating System
supports aPlllication compatibility across the three leading
open system bus standards: AT-bus. MULTIBUS I. and
MULTI BUS II. The link that binds the systems together is
OpenNET networking software for Ethernet (IEEE 802.3)
and MULTIBUS II message passing. The System 520
provides the developer a migration path from a group of uniprocessor
networked systems to a high·speed cluster of
MULTI BUS II boards running the same operating systems
and network software (See ~'igure 1). The customer can
choose the combination of packaging. CPU/system
performance. and communications bandwidth suited for the
application.
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Intel's iRMX II R~al-Time Multitasking Operating System is a
full featured. stand alone operating environment. designed
to address the complete range of real-time applications.
from embedded control designs to reprogrammable
MULTIBUS II multiprocessor systems. It provides complete
MULTIBUS II facilities supporting MULTIRUS II Transport
message passing and Interconnect space access. Using
iRMX II software. engineers can assemble a powerful.
"cluster" of application processors into a single. integrated
multiprocessor system. The IRMX II system software
manages all message transmission and reception. making
the oonstruction of reaHime multiprocessor systems easier.
The iRMX II Operating System provides a rich set of realtime
programming facilities not found in general-purpose
operating systems. Some of its key features include preemptive.
dynamic priority-based scheduling of application
tasks: bounded Interrupt latency: multitasking support:
inter-task Communications & synchronization through
priority-based mailboxes. semaphores. and regions: and
interrupt management with exception handling. By.
combining these features with a modular design: quick
response: and sophisticated memory protection schemes.
the OEM receives a highly conflgurable. customlzable
operating system with the high performance and code
integrity that real-time applications require.
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The iRMX II System 520 is also available as a bundled.
complete. networked iRMX II Development System for
MULTI BUS II modules development. software development
and testing of real-time applications. The System 520 Is '.
unique as a MULTIBUS II development system. because its
multiprocessor cluster capability can support both on-target
or cross-hosted system/software development in one chassis.
O"e.NET NETWfM"'N6 fJ.tP.tBIUTI'
Intel's OpenNET product family provides a complete set or
networking software and hardware that follows ttie
International Standards Organization (ISO) Open Systems
Interconnect (OSI) seven layer model. The System distributes
the ISOI(>S1 transport protocol processing to intelligent
Ethernet controllers hosting Intel's OSI compliant iNA 960
Class 4 Transport software. Inters OpenNET NetWOrk File
Access (NFA) protocol provides the upper layer functionality
of transparent local/remote file access and file transfer
between Intel's complete line of system products. as well as
MSNETo-based personal computers. The OpenNET NFA
protoCol adheres to the standard IBM*lMlcrosoft*/Intel Core
File Sharing protoCol specification.
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The iRMX II System 520 is fully supported by Intel's
worldwide staff of trained hardware and software support
engineers. Intel also provides field application assistance.
extensive iRMX Operating SYRtem classes. maintenance
services. and a help hotline.
The System 520 OEM System products come with a
standard 9O-day hardware warranty. The iRMX II System
520 MlIl.TIRllS II Development System product comes
bundled with a one (1) year service warranty. This one year
warranty includes: hardware installation and one year of on·
site maintenance. software installation of the iRMX II
Operating System and 48 hours of TIPS phone support.
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The System 520 Is designed to meet the high standards and
reliability that users have come to expect from Intel products.
The iRMX Operating System software has undergone
thousands of hours of testing and evaluation. and is one of
the most stable operating systems in the Industry today:
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