IBM 88743BU - System x3950 E User Manual page 231

Node 1
Node 2
Scalability cabling
Figure 4-13 Two-node x3950 M2: ScaleXpander cable port assignment
3. Route the cables through the Enterprise Cable Management Arms (CMAs) as
follows (refer to Figure 4-14 on page 214), ensuring that in each case, you
have enough spare length of the cable between the rear side of the server
and the first hanger bracket, and on the front side of the cable management
arm:
a. Route the cable connected on port 1 of node 1 through the hanger
brackets on the cable management arms.
b. Route the cable connected on port 2 of node 1 through the hanger
brackets on the cable management arms.
One RSA LAN connection
required for configuration
Recommended RSA cabling
(optional)
Chapter 4. Multinode hardware configurations
Management
Network
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