Visara FEP-4600 Installation - Manual (Page 13)

FEP-4600 Installation and Configuration
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Cabling the FEP-4600 for Power
The FEP-4600 supports a total of 3 hot-swappable power supplies. Each power supply
requires a separate power cord. Each power supply can be plugged into a separate power
source if available. Each power source should be properly grounded.
Cabling for ESCON
The ESCON interface cards used by the FEP-4600 use a duplex ESCON interface cable.
Each ESCON interface card ships with a plastic plug inserted into the ESCON interface,
for purposes of keeping dust from the optical leads and to help protect the connector
during shipment. The plastic plugs should be left in place until you are ready to attach the
ESCON cables. When ready, squeeze the sides of the plastic plug to disengage it and
allow it to be removed, as diagrammed below. (You may want to set these plugs aside in
a safe place for future use.) Insert the ESCON cable into the cavity vacated by the plastic
plug, and push in until you hear/feel it click into place. Be careful when handling ESCON
cables, and do not bend the cables any more than necessary. The cables are fiber optics,
and bending them too tightly will cause them to break internally, and make them useless.
Cabling for Serial Connections
Each QSI (SDLC/X.25), QSA (SDLC/X.25) or QBA (BSC) card utilizes a “Hydra” cable
implementation (QSI and QSA cards use a single Hydra cable with four modem ends and
QBA cards use a pair of Hydra cables with two modem ends each). The single connector
end of the Hydra cable is attached to the back of the QSI, QSA or QBA card. Connectors
located at the multi-connector end, will be connected to modem cables or modem
eliminator cables depending on the type of interface purchased. Hydra cables are
approximately 6 ft. in length.
Squeeze
Squeeze
Extract