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Installing the iPatch Equipment
This chapter provides instructions for installing and setting up the iPatch equipment
in an equipment room. Before you install the equipment, you need to understand
how the system is to be configured so you make the proper connections and
perform the appropriate set-up tasks.
System Configurations
The Standard Configuration
The most common SYSTIMAX iPatch System configuration consists of:
iPatch System Manager Software running on a PC connected to an Ethernet
network.
an iPatch Manager on each rack with iPatch Panels. All of the iPatch Manager
units in each equipment room are connected to each other using a Rack
Manager LAN. One iPatch Manager (Rack Manager Plus or Panel Manager with
Network Manager module installed) in each equipment room is configured to
communicate with System Manager over the Ethernet network.
iPatch Panels on each rack, which are connected to the rack’s iPatch Manager
using the panel bus.
In this configuration, the System Manager Software can be used to send scheduled
jobs to the iPatch equipment in each equipment room. The equipment in the
equipment room alerts System Manager to any patching changes and to any
problem conditions in the room.
The iPatch Manager units in each equipment room communicate with each other
using the Rack Manager LAN. The iPatch equipment in each equipment room
communicates with System Manager via the iPatch Manager connected to the
Ethernet network.
