ClearCube R Series Pentium 4 - Manual (Page 47)

ClearCube Product Manual and Installation Guide Network Planning and Site Preparation • 37
Cable Requirements
Cages use standard network cables with RJ45 connectors to connect to C/Ports and
to an Ethernet network. These can be CAT5, CAT5e, or CAT6 cables. C/Ports require
straight-through cables with all four twisted pairs available. See Table 2 on page 26
for a maximum distance chart for these cables for C/Ports. Network connections
follow standard Ethernet guidelines. In practice, identical copper media can be used
for C/Ports and for network connections, although ClearCube recommends using
different cable colors for C/Port and network connections to simplify installation and
maintenance. Throughout this guide, “C/Port cable” and “network cable” refer
interchangeably to copper-media cable such as CAT5, CAT5e, or CAT6.
Each fully loaded Cage requires eight C/Port cables with RJ-45 connectors for
connections to C/Ports at the desktop and eight network cables for Blade connections
to the Ethernet network hub or switch. Additionally, short color-coded C/Port cables
(Green for RS485, Red for Sparing, and Yellow for Admin Port) are provided to
configure and daisy-chain your BackPacks. For I/Port installations, you need eight
network cables per Cage to connect the Blades to your network switch. You will not
need to connect any cables to the C/Port connections. With I/Ports, the cables going
to the desktop are connected directly to your network switch.
NOTE: The C/Port cable connections use all four-wire pairs for the connection from the
PC Blade to the C/Port. If your installation currently splits out wire pairs for
multiple uses, you must ensure that a separate full connection is available for
each Blade to C/Port connection.
Figure 13, Figure 14, and Figure 15 provide schematics of the cabling required to
connect your Cages to User Ports and your Ethernet network.
Figure 13 ClearCube C/Port Architecture Cabling Diagram
Homerun
C/Port Cables
Cage
Data Center User Desktops
with C/Ports
Ethernet
Cables
Network
Switch
Admin C/Port
and Terminal