Fiber Quick Connect (Fqc) For Ficon Cabling - IBM zEnterprise EC12 Installation Manual

Fiber Quick Connect (FQC) for FICON cabling

Fiber Quick Connect harness cabling, harness brackets and mounting hardware are ordered with the
zEC12 as feature codes. The feature codes are:
Table 40. Fiber Quick Connect feature codes
7922 FQC first bracket and mounting hardware
(Radiator-cooled)
7927 LC Duplex 6.6 ft. harness (FICON) (Radiator-cooled)
7922 FQC first bracket and mounting hardware (Water-cooled) base clamp and bracket
7927 LC Duplex 6.6 ft. harness (FICON) (Water-cooled)
The Fiber Quick Connect feature enables trunk cables to connect to FICON channels using
under-the-cover attachment harnesses. These harnesses are installed when your system is built, and your
zEC12 arrives ready to connect the trunk cables at your site.
Figure 32 shows the Fiber Quick Connect feature hardware.
LC Duplex (FICON) harness
Harness bracket
Figure 32. Fiber Quick Connect feature hardware
The harness brackets use an MTP connector, and the FICON connectors are routed to the feature cards in
each frame.
The following list shows where the FQC brackets are used, and the order in which they are installed.
v A-frame front - A00L (1), A00K (2), A00J (3), A00G (4)
v A-frame rear - A00N (1), A00P (2), A00Q (3)
– For a water cooled machine, due to space limitations, the quantity of rear brackets is limited to two,
A00N and A00P.
Fiber Quick Connect (FQC) feature codes - Radiator-cooled
Fiber Quick Connect (FQC) feature codes - Water-cooled
MTP connectors
LC Duplex (FICON) harness
base clamp and bracket
from cage at A01
from I/O drawer at Z15, Z22
from PCIe I/O drawer at all locations
from cage at A08
from I/O drawer at Z15, Z22
from PCIe I/O drawer at all locations
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