Chapter 3
Hardware and Software Overview
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To determine the cause of the warning, click the chassis in the MAX tree
view and check the status bar text to determine what condition the software
detected (refer to Figure 3-5).
Figure 3-5.
Chassis Status Indication in Status Bar of Right Pane View
If MAX indicates that the MXI-4 connection has timed out, the MXI-4 card
did not detect that it was connected to another MXI-4 card at power-up
time. This can occur if the host chassis is turned on before the expansion
chassis, or if the MXI-4 cable is not plugged in properly. Refer to the
section of Chapter 2,
, for more information.
