ACC Installation and Configuration Guide

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ACC Overview
Product Features
Product Features
The ACC Product provides a famil y of network interface cards for
HP9000 systems and workstations:
• 8-channel HP-PB (NIO)ACC Mux port transmits at speeds up to 7 6.8
Kbits per second (Kb/s).
• 8-channel EIS A ACC Mux port transmits at speeds up to 128 Kbits
per second (Kb/s).
• 8-channel PCI ACC Mux port transmits at speeds up to 2.048 Mbits
per second (Mb/s).
• 2-channel HP-PB (NIO) ACC Multiplexer product transmits at speeds
to 2.048 Mb/s on either channel and 2.2 Mb/s cumulatively on both
channels.
• 4-channel HP-PB (NIO) T1/E1 ACC Multiplexer product transmits at
speeds to 2.048 Mb/s on E1 ports and 1.544 Mb/s on T1 ports.
The ACC Product provides a high-connectivity solution with:
• Up to eight network connections on a single network interface board
• Remote node capability that allows programmatic requests to be
routed to either a multiplexer card that is connected to the system on
which the request was made, or to a multiplexer card on a remote
system.
• Up to 128 subchannels on a single 4-channel interface board.
Highly available solutions can be created using the ACC product by
making use of:
• Dual interface panels and/or cabling configurations that allow two
systems to connect to a single network a ccess point.