Installing An Optional Console Switch - IBM T-117 Installation And Maintenance Manual

Installing an optional console switch

You can use a console switch to attach more than one server to a single monitor
and keyboard. The console-switch option is available separately, but custom
mounting brackets for the switch come with this kit. You can use the brackets and
instructions that come with the console switch for other installation options.
By installing the console switch behind the Flat Panel Monitor Console Kit you can
store the console switch in the same 1-U space as the flat-panel monitor and
keyboard tray. Use the brackets that come with this kit to install the console switch
behind the tray.
Attention: The console switch will extend beyond the rear rack-cabinet mounting
flanges when you install the switch behind the tray. You must have a NetBAY25,
NetBAY42, NetBAY42 Enterprise, NetBAY22 with Rack Extension Kit, Netfinity
9306 Model 900 with Rack Extension Kit, or similar rack cabinet.
Complete the following steps to install a console switch behind the tray:
1. Attach the left-side bracket to the left side of the console switch using two 8-32
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screws; then, attach the right-side bracket to the right side of the console
switch.
Note: The left-side bracket has a channel for you to route the power, video,
and keyboard-and-mouse cables. Make sure that you attach the brackets
to the console switch so that the channel on the left-side bracket faces
upward.
Console switch
Left-side bracket
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Right-side bracket