User guide

Chapter 2 - Installation Quick Start

Note: Installing SBCs in a 4-slot segment requires an SBC to the left of the bus jumper.

Installing SBC Boards

1 Verify SBC board configuration; refer to the hardware configuration and installation

section in the SBC user documentation.

2 Remove the slot cover plate on an open slot marked “CPU,” depending on how the

backplane is configured, and retain the cover plate mounting screw.

3 Install the SBC board into the open slot, securing it to the chassis with the screw you

removed in step 2. See Figure 2-4.

4 If you are installing multiple SBCs, repeat steps 1-3 until all SBC boards have been

installed. If Network Interface Cards (NICs) or Intelligent Serial Interface (ISI) cards are

being installed, perform those procedures below now and then proceed to the Internal

SBC Cabling procedures that follow.

Installing NIC Boards

1 Verify NIC configuration; refer to the installation section in the appropriate NIC Owner's

Manual.

2 Remove the slot cover plate on an open slot marked “NIC,” depending on how the

backplane is configured, and retain the cover plate mounting screw.

3 Install the NIC into the open slot, securing it to the chassis with the screw you removed in

step 2. See Figure 2-4.

4 If you are installing multiple NICs, repeat steps 1-3 until all NIC boards have been

installed. If Intelligent Serial Interface (ISI) cards are being installed, perform those

procedures below now and then perform the Internal SBC Cabling procedures that follow.

Installing ISI Boards

1 Verify ISI board configuration; refer to the hardware installation section in the appropriate

ISI Owner's Manual.

2 Remove the slot cover plate on an open slot, depending on how the backplane is

configured, and retain the cover plate mounting screw.

3 Install the ISI into the open slot, securing it to the chassis with the screw you removed in

step 2. See Figure 2-4.

4 If you are installing multiple ISIs, repeat steps 1-3 until all ISI boards have been installed.

When finished, proceed to the Internal SBC Cabling procedures that follow.