20 Installing and Upgrading the CSC-C2FCIT FDDI Card and Appliques
Installing Cards and Appliques
Installing a Long Ground Strap
Ground straps, which are included with all appliques, ground the applique to the chassis to prevent
EMI noise on your network interface. The applique card cage containing the FDDI appliques should
already be installed in the chassis and secured with four screws. Refer to Figure 13 while you install
the long ground strap.
Figure 13
Long Ground Strap Installation,
Step 1
Remove the Phillips screw from the top center of each applique.
Step 2
Position the ground strap so that it straddles both appliques and the rear panel of the chassis.
Align the holes in the ground strap with those on the back panel and the appliques.
Step 3
Secure the ground strap with the four Phillips screws.
Step 4
Connect ground straps to other appliques as necessary, and proceed to the next section,
“Connecting Internal and External Cables.”
Connecting Internal and External Cables
The four internal ribbon cables (permanently attached to the FDDI applique) attach to the four
connectors on the front edge of the C2FCIT card. The FDDI network interface cables attach to the
FDDI applique and provide the external connections to your network. Before beginning these
procedures, position the chassis with the open card cage facing you.
Connecting the Internal FDDI Ribbon Cables
The four internal ribbon cables are fixed to the applique and must be routed and attached to ports on
the C2FCIT card. The ribbon cables are labeled alphabetically depending on the number of
appliques you will install. The C2FCIT card connectors are shown in Figure 14, and the ribbon cable
connectors are listed in Table 4. The ribbon cable orientation and labeling for the FDDI applique is
shown in Figure 15.
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Ground strap
A
B
X
M
T
A
R
C
V
A
X
M
T
B
R
C
V
B
A
B
X
M
T
A
R
C
V
A
C
H
A
N
B
