DECserver 500

Pedestal-mounted DECserver 550 with front cover installed

Pedestal-mounted DECserver 550 with front cover removed

DECserver 550 nameplate

The DECserver 500 series is a line DEC terminal server devices. They are housed in a BA213 S-Box QBus enclosure, and include:

• KDJ11-D J-11 processor
• DESQA Ethernet controller
• One or more CXY08 8-Line Asynchronous Multiplexer and/or CXA16 16-line serial multiplexer

The DECserver 500 series does not store configuration or firmware locally; rather, they are down-line loaded over Ethernet via MOP.