ClearCube R-Series Data Center Products - Manual (Page 60)

36 • Chassis and Blade Installation R-Series Data Center Products User’s Guide
than one switch and/or subnet to better protect against network-related failures.
As many as 14 RMMs per Control Chain (all of them) can be connected to the
network to provide failover capability. In practice, three is probably enough.
4. Skip this step if installing only other clients, or if using a chassis with an ACM.
Connect eight C/Port cables from the XCM ports marked C/PORT to the patch
panel going to your desktops. If using dual-slot PC blades, plug the C/Port cable
into the even-numbered port for the two slots occupied by the blade, and leave the
odd-numbered port empty (for example, for a PC blade installed in chassis slots 3
and 4, the C/Port cable should be plugged into port 4).
5. Connect eight network cables from the EP8 ports marked ETHERNET to your
Ethernet network patch panel, hub, or switch.
6. Daisy-chain the ADMIN IN port on one chassis to the ADMIN OUT port on the
next chassis using the yellow daisy-chain cable provided. Connect the remaining
ADMIN OUT port to the Admin C/Port.
If any C/Port users also use a Multi-Video Expander (MVX) with multiple
monitors, the Admin C/Port should also be equipped with an MXV and multiple
monitors. Otherwise, video from a blade equipped with an MVX will not be
viewable at the Admin C/Port.
7. Daisy-chain the SPARE IN port on one chassis to the SPARE OUT port on the
next chassis using the red daisy-chain cable provided. Connect the remaining
SPARE IN port to the Spare blade’s C/PORT port.
NOTE Do not use an Ethernet port on the chassis for this connection.