Connecting External Options; Input/Output Ports - IBM eserver xSeries 350 User Reference Manual

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Connecting external options

Input/output ports

system to support SMP. See "Chapter 4. ServerGuide," on page 23 and your
operating-system documentation for additional information.
If your server has a ServeRAID adapter installed and you have installed or removed a
hard disk drive, see the documentation that comes with your ServeRAID adapter for
information about reconfiguring your disk arrays.
Before you begin:
Review "Before you begin" on page 39.
Read the documentation that comes with your options.
You can attach external options to the input/output (I/O) connectors on the rear of
your server. (See "Input/output ports" for more information.)
To attach an external device:
1.
Turn off the server and all attached devices.
2.
Follow the instructions that come with the option to prepare it for installation and
to connect it to the server.
Note: If you are attaching an external SCSI device, see "Ultra160 SCSI ports" on page
67 for information about SCSI cabling and SCSI IDs.
This section provides information about the input/output (I/O) connectors on the
rear of your server. These connectors include the following:
One parallel port
One video port
One keyboard port
One auxiliary-device (pointing device) port
Two Ultra160 SCSI ports
Two serial ports
Two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports
One Ethernet port
Three communication ports dedicated to the Advanced System Management
processor
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