IBM 88553RX, Installation Manual

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IBM
Eserver
xSeries 455 Planning and Installation Guide
Figure 3-4 x455 rear view
Of note are the following items:
There are no PS/2 keyboard or mouse ports on the x455. Only USB devices
are supported.
For attachment to an Advanced Connectivity Technology (ACT) KVM switch, a
new USB Conversion Option (part number 73P5832) can be used. This smart
cable is plugged into the USB and video ports on the server and it converts
KVM signals to CAT5 signals for transmission over a CAT5 cable to either a
Remote Console Manager (RCM) or Local Console Manager (LCM). The
x455 can then be managed on the same set of switches as PS2- or
C2T-based KVM servers.
The x455 includes a dedicated external serial port. During the boot process,
the port acts as an auxiliary console for the EFI. After the operating system
has booted, the port is dedicated to the operating system as COM1.
The RXE Expansion Ports provide connectivity to a RXE-100. Either a single
cable in port A or two cables to both ports are supported. Using two cables
provides redundancy as well as additional throughput.
There are two RJ-45 ports providing Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, as shown
in Figure 3-4. A third RJ-45 Ethernet connector is also on the Remote
Supervisor Adapter. This connector is only used to connect to the Remote
System power
connector (1)
System power
connector (2)
RXE Expansion Port (B)
connector
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
connectors
and LEDs
Ethernet
LEDs
Gigabit Ethernet
connectors
RXE Expansion
Port (A) connector
Video connector
USB 2 connector
USB 1 connector
RXE Management Port connector
SCSI connector
Serial connector
SMP Expansion Port 1 connector
SMP Expansion Port 2 connector
SMP Expansion Port 3 connector