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Setting Up Your Fiber-Optic MXI-Express for PXI Express
Figure 2 shows an NI PXIe-8375 just before installation in the system
controller slot of a National Instruments chassis.
Figure 2.
NI PXIe-8375 Card Before Installation
Cabling
Connect the Fiber-Optic MXI-Express x4 cable to the NI PCIe-8375 and
PORT 1 of the NI PXIe-8375. The cables have no polarity, so either end
may be connected to either card.
Note
If daisy chaining additional chassis, connect PORT 2 of the NI PXIe-8375 closer to
the system controller to PORT 1 of the NI PXIe-8375 of the daisy chained chassis.
Caution
Do
not
remove the cable after the system is powered on. Doing so can hang
or cause errors in applications communicating with devices behind MXI-Express. If a
cable becomes unplugged, plug it back into the system. You must reboot before you can
continue using your hardware.
Note
For more information about cables, refer to the
Fiber-Optic MXI-Express Cable
Options
section of Chapter 3,
Hardware Overview
, of the
Fiber-Optic MXI-Express x4 for
PXI Express Series User Manual
.
1
PXI Express/CompactPCI Express Chassis
2
NI PXIe-8375
3
Ejector Handle in Up Position
4
Injector/Ejector Rail
2
3
1
4
NI PXIe-1062Q
