Link Kits - Oracle SPARC Enterprise M4000 Installation And Service Manual

Caution – The two types of dummy cards are not interchangeable. If you replace a
PCI card with a dummy card, be sure that you use the right type of dummy card. The
differences in edge connectors on the dummy cards (
damage the PCI card socket on the I/O boat.
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Link Kits

One link kit is required for each I/O boat.
A link kit includes two link cards. One link card goes into the host server. The other
link card goes into the I/O boat. The link cards are physically identical.
Two link options are available, a copper link kit and an optical link kit (
The copper link kit has one bidirectional cable. A low-profile bracket is included
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so a link card can be used in a host that has low-profile I/O card slots.
The optical link kit has two unidirectional cables.
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Link Kits
Copper link kit
Optical link kit
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