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6.4 Installing Your Expansion Cards
To install a Transmit or Receive Expansion Card in a ServSwitch Multi Base Unit or Expansion Chassis, 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.
(While the Base Unit, MX, EXP, and SB models are all shown in that illustration, we recommend that
where possible you use only EXP and SB units in cascaded ServSwitch Multi systems.)
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 (if you must use any of these), 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 should preferably host an Expansion Card, User-Interface Card, etc.,
rather than a CPU-Interface Card.
3. Remove the blank panel covering the available slot by unscrewing the two Phillips-head screws that hold
the panel in place.
4. Find the two Phillips-head screws on the Transmit or Receive Card, located above and below the two
connectors. Back these screws out slightly until they are flush with the Card’s cover plate.
5. 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 Card gently into the slot along these tracks, until the
Card’s two HD26 connectors or six RJ-45 connectors line up flush with the back of the unit, as shown in
Figure 6-9.
Figure 6-9. Inserting a regular (left) or CAT5 (right) Expansion Card.
6. Retighten the holding screws completely. Do not overtighten.
Repeat the above procedure for every Transmit Card and Receive Card in your system.