Rxe Management Cabling - IBM xSeries 455 Installation Manual

2. Using an RXE Expansion cable, connect the RXE Expansion Port A connector
3. Using an RXE Expansion cable, connect the RXE Expansion Port A connector
4. (Optional) Using an RXE Expansion cable, connect the RXE Expansion Port B
Go to "RXE Management cabling".

RXE Management cabling

There is one RXE Management Port connector 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.
Use either the 3.5 m Interconnect Management Cable Kit option or the 8 m
Interconnect Management Cable Kit option to connect the server and the remote
I/O enclosure.
One server
Complete the following steps to connect the server RXE Management Port
connector to a remote I/O enclosure.
Note: Use the following instructions regardless of whether your remote I/O
connector
connector
connector
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
3. Using a jumper cable, connect the RXE Management A (out) Port on the remote
Two stand-alone servers
Complete the following steps to connect the RXE Management Port connectors of
two stand-alone servers to a remote I/O enclosure.
on one server to the remote I/O enclosure.
on the other server to the remote I/O enclosure.
connector on one server to the RXE Expansion Port B connector on the other
server. This cable connection provides fail-over support.
enclosure has one or two expansion kits installed.
RXE Management Port
connector
RXE Management A (in) Port
RXE Management A (out) Port
RXE Management B (in) Port
Management Port connector on the server.
connector on the remote I/O enclosure.
I/O enclosure to the RXE Management B (in) Port on the remote I/O enclosure.
xSeries 455
RXE-100
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