Remote Console Manager (Rcm) Cabling; Replacing A Defective Cable In A Harness; Intercabinet Cabling For Kvm Connections; The Cabinet - IBM Cluster 1350 Installation And Service

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Figure 9. Intercabinet cabling for KVM connections

Remote Console Manager (RCM) cabling

The Remote Console Manager (RCM) switch has sixteen ACT connections (KVM

over RJ45/CAT5) along with one KVM connection for the console. Use the

following guidelines for cabling the RCM switch:

v Use the information on each end of each cable to create a site map.

v When routing a CAT5 KVM cable from a cabinet containing Cluster Nodes to

v Multiple KVM switches can be daisy-chained.

If a cable in a harness is defective, replace the cable as follows:

1. Disconnect both ends of the defective cable from their ports. Do not remove

2. If possible, remove the cable from the harness. If that can not be done, use a

the cabinet containing the RCM, use a CCO cable and a CAT5 cable sufficiently

long enough to reach the RCM switch.

Up to 40 Cluster Nodes (x335s) can be daisy-chained to each ACT port on the

RCM. The Management Node and all the Storage Nodes may also be

daisy-chained, with up to sixteen per ACT port. Multiple RCMs may not be

daisy-chained together. The RCM may be connected to an Ethernet network to

allow for remote access to the consoles of the servers over the network..

any other connectors from their ports.

pair of wire cutters to cut off the connectors at both ends of the defective cable.

This prevents someone from mistakenly reconnecting the cable, thinking that it

has accidentally been left unconnected.

Chapter 4. Cabling

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