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Table of Contents
Summary Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 3
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................... 4
List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................. 7
List of Tables .................................................................................................................................................. 8
About this guide ............................................................................................................................................. 9
Audience................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Structure................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Precautions ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
Typographical conventions used in this document................................................................................................ 10
General conventions .......................................................................................................................................10
Mouse conventions .........................................................................................................................................11
1 Model 6081RC overview ............................................................................................................................... 12
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................13
Product overview...................................................................................................................................................13
Hardware overview................................................................................................................................................15
LAN Ethernet port .........................................................................................................................................17
Packet switched Ethernet bus (PSB) ................................................................................................................17
Backplane Ethernet interfaces .........................................................................................................................17
RS-232 control port ........................................................................................................................................18
Power system ..................................................................................................................................................18
Central processing unit ...................................................................................................................................18
Temperature ...................................................................................................................................................18
Altitude ...........................................................................................................................................................18
Humidity ........................................................................................................................................................18
Physical dimensions ........................................................................................................................................18
Management services ......................................................................................................................................18
LED display ....................................................................................................................................................19
2 Hardware installation.................................................................................................................................... 20
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................21
Unpacking the Model 6081RC .............................................................................................................................21
Installing the PMC Ethernet Access Module onto the 6081RC front blade...........................................................22
Model 6081RC blades installation.........................................................................................................................23
Cable installation...................................................................................................................................................25
Connecting the Ethernet ports ........................................................................................................................25
Connecting the 10/100Base-T Ethernet port to an Ethernet switch or hub ...............................................26
Connecting the 10/100Base-T Ethernet port to an Ethernet-capable workstation or PC ................................26
Connecting the EIA-561 RS-232 configuration port (DCE configured)
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Completing the hardware installation....................................................................................................................27