StorCase Technology DS500 - Manual (Page 16)

12 Hardware Installation
Kingston Technology Company RemotaSilo User’s Guide - Rev. B00
Ethernet Connection
When more than one DS500 RemotaSilo chassis are being monitored
and controlled by the same host computer, each chassis is connected
using an Ethernet cable. Either the BNC or the RJ-45 connector,
located on the rear panel of each RemotaSilo chassis, may be used to
connect the RemotaSilo chassis to a 10BASE2 Thin Ethernet coaxial
cable, or a 10BASE-T Ethernet twisted pair cable, respectively.
The Ethernet controller on the RemotaSilo circuit board automatically
detects if there is a cable connected to either its BNC or RJ-45
connector. Upon detection, the Ethernet controller will automatically
direct its transmitter and receiver to operate with the appropriate cable
interface circuitry. (If both types of connectors are used, only the RJ-45
will be acknowledged).
10BASE2 Ethernet Using a Coaxial Cable
Using Thin Ethernet coaxial cabling, all RemotaSilo chassis are serially
chained together in a linear bus topology. Both ends of the cable must
be properly terminated using 50 Ohm terminators. One end of the cable
segment must be grounded.
To connect the RemotaSilo chassis using coaxial cabling, insert a “T-
Connector” onto the BNC port as shown in Figure 5. If adding more
RemotaSilo chassis, attach a coaxial cable to the end of the T-
connector. If this is the last connection on the cable segment, attach a
50 Ohm terminator.
Figure 5: Attaching the Coaxial Cable
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50 OHM
COAX
CABLE
BNC PORT
BNC "T-CONNECTOR"