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Freeway 3112 Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 3. Hardware Installation
Figure 3-2. Rear View, Freeway 3112
ICP Connector
Conn
Main Power
Switch
Fans
Power Supply
Exhaust
ICP Connector
Ethernet
Ethernet
Video
VGA
Primary
Secondary
Keyboard
Freeway
Console
PS/2
3/13
3/12
PCI Bus/Addresses (decimal)
7. Make sure that the Freeway 3112 is powered off, then make the LAN connections. The Freeway’s CPU board
has an RJ-45 connector for twisted-pair cable complying with the 10/100/1000BaseT specification.
Caution Alert your system administrator before making connections to your LAN. To avoid a disruption of
service on your LAN, carefully plan how you will make the connections. We recommend that you power off
the Freeway server during cable installation and removal.
Check with your system administrator to find out what type of cable is used at your site. You may need to use a
mini-hub to convert from 10/100/1000BaseT to 10Base2 or 10Base5 (100BaseT and 1000BaseT always use the
RJ-45 connector). You can obtain the necessary equipment and cables from a computer accessory vendor.
8. Make sure that the Freeway 3112 is powered off, then connect the ICP board to your wide area network WAN.
Power off Freeway completely We recommend that you power off the Freeway server and modem during
cable installation and removal. This will prevent damage to an ICP due to electrical discharge as contact is
made or broken.
Figure 3-2
shows an example Freeway 3112 hardware configuration. The Freeway 3112 has two PCI slots,
which can be used either by ICP2432 boards or by optional secondary Ethernet Network Interface (NIC) Cards.
In this example, two four-port or eight-port ICP2432 boards are installed.
The two-port ICP board has two separate 26-pin high-density connectors; port 0 is the connector nearest the
power supply of the Freeway 3112 chassis and port 1 is the other connector. Both the four-port and the eight-port
boards have the same 100-pin high-density connector. The four-port board uses a "quadrapus" (one-to-four)
cable to attach four DB25 or DB37 connectors to the 100-pin connector. The eight-port board uses an "octopus"
(one-to-eight) cable to attach eight DB25 connectors to the 100-pin connector. Port numbers are identified on the
terminating ends of the quadrapus or octopus cable.
9. Plug the power cord into the power input socket on the Freeway’s back panel and into an AC electrical outlet
near your Freeway, making sure the voltage supplied is appropriate for the Freeway.
10. Perform the software installation procedures on your boot server as described in the Freeway User’s Guide.
11. Configure the boot parameters. There are two ways to do this. You can use the boot parameter initialization disk
as described in
Chapter 4
or you can attach a local console to your Freeway as described in
Chapter 5
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