Tadiran Telecom Coral IPx 500, Quick Installation Manual

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Main and Expansion Cage Description
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Main and
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Main and Expansion Cage Description
Coral IPx 500
This section describes the main features of the Coral IPx 500 main and expansion
cages. For a general description of the Coral IPx 500 system, see
page 1-2, General
System Description and Installation
. For information on how to configure the system, see
page 3-1, System Configuration
.
The IPx 500M main cage is the "nerve center" of the Coral IPx 500 system. It includes
the MCP-IPx main control card (in addition to the other peripheral cards), the
Resources connector, and the system configuration jumpers.
The main cage includes nine card slots: eight peripheral slots and one card slot for the
main processor card. The slot at the extreme left of the cage is reserved for the power
supply unit.
The top shelf of the cage includes the Expansion connector, which is connected to an
expansion cage, and the Resources connector, which is connected via the MDF to
external systems.
The basic 0x0 IPx 500M system is supplied with an MCP-IPx control card. The power
supply, software, trunk, and station cards must be ordered separately.
Circuit Card Slot Designation
The card section of the main cage includes nine card slots and one power supply unit
slot. See
Figure 2-1
. The first eight slots (numbered 1 through 8 from right to left) are
universal I/O slots and are reserved for the peripheral cards. Slots 4 and 5 are
configured by the manufacturer to house primary and secondary clock synchronization
trunk cards.
The ninth slot is reserved for the MCP- IPx control card. A daughter board can be
attached (DBX or CLA) to the MCP-IPx card. The MCP-IPx controller card is
responsible for controlling the system. The
Installation Manual for Coral IPx 500 will
soon be released. For further information, see Chapter 8, Common Control Cards
Description of the Coral IPx 500 Installation Manual .
1 Main Cage (IPx 500M)