CIRSI Computer Systems Content
Craig D Mackay, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, England: 22/05/01.
CIRCC: The Camera Control Computer
- Runs the camera at prime focus. Win98B machine
- Controlled over Ethernet by PC Anywhere, version 10
- Intel L440GX server motherboard.
- 1000 MHz Slot 1, 256K Cache Pentium-III
- 1024 Mbyte memory as 2x512 Mbyte modules
- Adaptec 29160 Ultra SCSI PCI bus controllers
- 1 off 36 Gbyte IBM 10,000 rpm SCSI disc
- Panasonic LFD-201E DVD-RAM disk on the 29160 SCSI bus as device 4
- Adaptec 3200S SCSI RAID controller
- 2 off 36 Gbyte IBM 10,000 rpm SCSI disc set up as RAID 0 data disks
- On-board100MBt PCI Ethernet
- On board display adapter set to 1024x768 resolution
- 12 volt DC supply card for powering MC101 fibre to copper Ethernet adapter
- LSR AstroCam PDCI card for accepting data from the system 4100 controller
- LSR AstroCam ISA bus AT-LINK card for controlling the system 4100 controller
CIRDR: The Computer to control CIRSI from the control room
- Runs Win98B machine
- Controls CIRSI via Ethernet by PC Anywhere, version 10.0
- Intel AL440X motherboard, BIOS version P10
- 266 MHz Pentium-II
- 384 Mbyte memory
- Adaptec 2940 SCSI PCI bus controllers
- 1 off 6.4 Gbyte SCSI discs
- Panasonic LFD-201E DVD-RAM disk on the 2940 SCSI bus as device 4
- 2 off 16.8 Gbyte IDE disks (for use as back-up data disks)
- Intel Pro 10/100 PCI Ethernet card, used at 100 Mbit
- Matrox Mystique 4 Mbyte display card
Prepared by cdm@ast.cam.ac.uk Please contact with comments, etc. Last updated 22 May 2001