HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure and c3000 Tower Enclosure Maintenance and Service Guide

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• Allow any active Onboard Administrator module to access the linked enclosures.
• Use the enclosure link-up port ("Enclosure rear components" on page 75) on the top enclosure for
temporary connection to a PC using the enclosure service port ("Cabling a PC to the enclosure service
port" on page 65) to provide quick access to any Onboard Administrator module, iLO, or interconnect
module with Ethernet management ability.
• Allow enclosure settings to be shared between enclosures, which simplifies deployment of multiple
enclosures.
NOTE: The enclosure link ports are designed only to support c-Class enclosures in the same rack.
The enclosure link-up port on the top enclosure is the service port, and the enclosure link-down port
on the bottom linked enclosure is unused.
NOTE: If more c-Class enclosures are added to the rack at a later time, the open enclosure link-up
port on the top enclosure can be used to link the new enclosure.
NOTE: The HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure link ports are not compatible with the HP
BladeSystem p-Class enclosure link ports.
To link the enclosures, use a standard Category 5 (CAT5) patch cable to connect the enclosure link-down port
on the first enclosure to the enclosure link-up port on the second enclosure.
KVM module cabling
For local access to the enclosure:
1. Connect a monitor to the video connector on the c3000 KVM module.