Rxe Management Port Cabling - IBM xSeries 445 Type 8870 Option Installation Manual

RXE Management Port cabling

Your server has one RXE Management Port located on the back of the server. Use
this port to connect the server to the management port of an optional remote I/O
enclosure. This port is used to manage the PCI-X slots in a remote I/O enclosure,
including slot assignments and managing access. For details about how the server
and remote I/O enclosure work together, see the documentation that comes with the
enclosure.
One server
Complete the following steps to cable the RXE Management Port on the server to a
remote I/O enclosure RXE Management Port.
RXE Management
Figure 69. Cabling RXE Management Port - one server
1. Using an RXE Management cable, connect one end of the cable to the RXE
2. Connect the opposite end of the cable to the RXE Management A (in) Port on
3. Connect all remaining external cables to the servers; then, go to "Creating a
RXE Management Port
A (in) Port
Management Port on the server.
the remote I/O enclosure. The RXE Management Port cabling is the same for a
server with two SMP Expansion Modules
scalable partition" in the User's Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD
and follow the instructions for creating a scalable partition.
xSeries 445
RXE-100
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