Smp Expansion Cabling - IBM xSeries 455 Installation Manual

2. See the documentation that comes with your external devices for additional
3. Cable identifiers are printed on the cables that come with your server and
4. There are two optional IBM Eserver xSeries 455 SMP Expansion cable kits
5. If your server comes with an operating system installed, see the documentation
6. To effectively manage the cables on your server, keep groups of cables secured
Attention:
damage to the cables.
SMP Expansion Port 1 connector

SMP Expansion cabling

The cabling information in this section is for multi-node configurations using two or
four servers. A node is one of multiple servers in a configuration interconnected
through the SMP Expansion Ports to share system resources.
Complete the following steps to configure and cable a multi-node configuration:
1. Update the SAL/EFI code and the service processor firmware. To download the
cabling instructions. It might be easier for you to route cables before you
connect the devices to the server.
options. Use these identifiers to connect the cables to the correct connectors.
available to connect the SMP Expansion Port connectors.
v 4-way to 8-way Scalability Kit (comes with two 2.5 m (8.2 feet) SMP
Expansion cables).
v 8-way to 16-way Supplemental Kit (comes with three 2.5 m (8.2 feet) SMP
Expansion cables and one 3.5 m (11.6 feet) SMP Expansion cable).
that comes with your software for additional cabling instructions.
together, and do not run cables across the back of the server. Use cable ties to
bundle similar cables together. Use hook-and-loop fasteners to secure the cable
bundles to the vertical rails of the rack cabinet.
Do not secure cables too tightly. Overtightening can cause internal
System power
connector (1)
SMP Expansion Port 2 connector
SMP Expansion Port 3 connector
SCSI connector
RXE Management Port connector
most current level of SAL/EFI code and service processor firmware, go to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/. For more information:
v Read the release notes included with the SAL/EFI code.
v See the Remote Supervisor Adapter User's Guide on the IBM xSeries
Documentation CD.
System power
connector (2)
USB 1 connector
USB 2 connector
Video connector
RXE Expansion Port (B)
connector
Serial connector
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
connectors
and LEDs
Ethernet
LEDs
Gigabit Ethernet
connectors
RXE Expansion
Port (A) connector
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