Part No. TEL09949, Rev A

June 2001

Pre-Installation Information and Activities
Page 20 of 34

A group’s network management signaling is passed along a multi-drop bus in the

backplane to each NC port. One slot of each group is the Bus Master slot (NC 1 for

group 1, NC 2 for group 2, etc.). The group number is identified by the Bus Master

slot number (e.g., Group 1 uses Bus 1 Master slot). For a group’s NC port to work, its

Bus Master slot must be occupied. Figures 9 and 10 show this for each backplane.

Figure 9. NC Port and Bus Master Locations, and Groups (1- and 9-Card Backplanes)
COMM +5V +12V -12V AC POWER
9-Card
Backplane
1-Card
Backplane
Filler
Panels
IN
NC
OUT
Network Control Group 1Net work Control Group 2
NC Port and Bus Master Slots
Are within Shaded Areas
OUT
NC
MSTR
2IN OUT
NC
MSTR
1
NC BUS
IN
NC
OUT
IN
NC
OUT
1-Card
Backplane 1-Card
Backplane