Completing the connections
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Connecting multiple system drawers
Multiple system drawers installed in a cabinet can share a single set of
peripherals if a switch box, such as an autoswitcher, is installed.
To connect multiple system drawers:
1
Turn off all system drawers and devices in the cabinet before attaching
any of the system drawer cables.
The autoswitcher gives control of the monitor and routes the keyboard
and mouse inputs to the currently selected system drawer. Installation
of the autoswitcher is relatively simple and covered in detail in the
autoswitcher user manual.
2
If the newly installed system drawer will control other drawers in the
cabinet, connect the external data cables of the controller cards to the
controlled devices.
3
Connect all I/O device cables (keyboard, mouse, video, serial, and
parallel) to their respective ports on the back of the system drawer.
