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Chapter 1 Getting Started
The unit comes with the standard 120 V (USA) cable. If you have the incorrect AC power cable,
contact National Instruments.
RMC-8356 Overview
The RMC-8356 is a 1U PC-based controller for remote control of PXI chassis. The controller
provides leading-edge processing power with Intel Xeon E3-1275-V5 processors, high disk
bandwidth with RAID support, high I/O bandwidth with a PCI Express 3.0 x16, dedicated
Intel Graphics w/ DP, and up to 64 GB of UDIMM Non-ECC memory.
Key Features
The RMC-8356 offers the performance of a high-end PC in a compact 1U rack-mountable form
factor for controlling a PXI or PXI Express system using a National Instruments remote
controller.
Mainboard Features
CPU
• Intel Xeon E3-1275-V5 3.6 GHZ, 80 W
Chipset
• Intel C236 chipset
Memory
• 16 GB UDIMM Non-ECC DDR4 memory standard (1 ×16 GB)
• Maximum memory supported: 64 GB Unregistered Non-ECC DDR4-2133Mhz in
4 DIMM sockets.
Table 1-1. AC Power Cables
Power Cable Reference Standards
Standard 120 V (USA) ANSI C73.11/NEMA 5-15-P/IEC83
Switzerland 220 V SEV
Australia 240 V AS C112
Universal Euro 230 V CEE (7), II, IV, VII IEC83
North America 240 V ANSI C73.20/NEMA 5-15-P/IEC83
United Kingdom 230 V BS 1363/IEC83
Japan 100 V ANSI C73.11/NEMA 5-15-P/IEC83