IBM 8676 - Eserver xSeries 335 Hardware Maintenance Manual And Troubleshooting Manual page 73

a server that is connected to the network has a Remote Supervisor Adapter and
an integrated ASM processor, the server uses two connections on the network.
v The network must include at least one server with a Remote Supervisor Adapter
(either installed as an option or preinstalled in the server).
You can connect up to 23 xSeries 335 servers into an ASM interconnect network
using one Remote Supervisor Adapter. However, if you use both xSeries 335 and
xSeries 330 servers in the network, the xSeries 330 servers must be the
lowest-numbered servers in the chain. The following illustration shows an ASM
interconnect network with three servers.
3
2
1
RS-485 on Remote
Supervisor Adapter
ASM interconnect
module
You can add up to 23 more servers to the network by installing a Remote
Supervisor adapter in the 24th server, creating a second ASM bus. The following
illustration shows an ASM interconnect network with 46 servers.
ISM
IN OUT
ISM
IN OUT
IN OUT
ISM
ASM link cable
Video Mouse
Keyboard
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