Installing Thickwire Ethernet Loopback Connectors; To Install Thickwire Ethernet Loopback Connectors - DEC DECstation 5000 Model 100 Series Hardware Operator's Manual

Installing ThickWire Ethernet Loopback Connectors

A ThickWire Ethernet connector is built into the base system
hardware, as shown in Figure 2-1, on page 2-2. If your
workstation is equipped with the TURBOchannel options,
you have additional ThickWire Ethernet connectors in the
TURBOchannel option slots. All of the connectors must be
either connected to an Ethernet cable or closed with a loopback
connector.
For the time being, put a loopback connector on every
ThickWire Ethernet connector on the system unit. You can
remove the loopback connectors later, when you connect
the workstation to your networks. See Chapter 6, section
''Connecting the Workstation to a ThickWire Ethernet
Network'', on page 6-3 for an explaination on how to connect to
a network.

To Install ThickWire Ethernet Loopback Connectors

For each ThickWire Ethernet connector on the system unit,
1.
find the square ThickWire Ethernet loopback connector that
came with your workstation.
Hold the loopback connector so that the widest part of the
2.
connector is on top.
Firmly press the loopback connector onto the ThickWire
3.
Ethernet connector on the system unit.
3–2 Ethernet Hardware for the Basic Workstation