Black Box KV150A-R2 manual Installing the Cards

SERVSWITCH™ MULTI

5.3 Installing the Cards

To install a Management Card or Serial Control Card in a ServSwitch Multi, take these steps:

1.Position the ServSwitch Multi so that its rear panel is facing you, as shown in Figure 3-3 in Section 3.2. Choose an available slot. In most cases, any slot that is covered with a blank (connectorless) panel will be available. However, note that on the Base Unit and MX, the local-console module on the far left end of the Switch’s rear panel is covered by a blank panel but is not an available slot; no ServSwitch Multi Card of any type can be installed in that slot. Remember that the option slot (the slot just to the right of the local- console module, which has no corresponding front-panel LED or pushbutton) is an available slot and can host any card other than a CPU-Interface Card.

2.Once you’ve chosen the slot, write down the letter of the corresponding channel in the “Channel Letter” field of this Card’s record in a copy of the Management/Control Cards pages of the System-Configuration Chart (see Appendix A). At this time you should also write down what appears on the Card’s label (just to the right of the DB9 connector or RJ-45 connectors if you look at them from the rear) in the Chart’s “Card-Label Information” field, and (if the ServSwitch Multi unit is part of a cascaded system) you should write down the Switch’s address in the “Switch Address” field as well.

3.Remove the panel covering the available slot by unscrewing the two Phillips-head screws that hold it in place. (Save these screws; you’ll be replacing them momentarily.)

4.If you look into the open slot on the Switch, you will see “guide tracks” that the top and bottom of the Card should slide along when you install it. Slide the new Management Card or Serial Control Card gently into the slot along these tracks, until the Card’s connector or connectors line up flush with the back of the unit, as shown in Figure 5-3.

Figure 5-3. Inserting a Card in the Switch (Management Card shown at left, Serial Control Card shown at right).

5.Secure the Card in the Switch with the screws you removed in step 3. Retighten the screws completely, but do not overtighten them.

Repeat the above procedure for every Management Card or Serial Control Card in your system.

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