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Refer to the following table as needed when connecting cables to the base unit.
Cable From
To Port
Icon
Monitor
Video Out *
Keyboard
PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
PS/2 Mouse
Serial peripheral device
Serial (COM) 1 or 2
Parallel peripheral device
Parallel (LPT)
Universal Serial Bus (USB) peripheral device
Universal Serial Bus
Fast, Ultra, or Ultra2 SCSI peripheral device
Wide Ultra2 SCSI *
Ethernet network
Ethernet Network *
Speakers or headphones
Audio Line Out *
External audio device
Audio Line In *
Microphone
Microphone *
Game joystick or MIDI device
MIDI/Game *
* The port is on an expansion card installed in a slot at the back of the base unit. Ports on
expansion cards may not have icons.
To connect the system components:
1.
Connect the video cable from the monitor to the video out port on the installed graphics
controller card. If the system has multiple monitors, connect one monitor to each installed
graphics controller card. See the graphics controller documentation for more information.
2.
Connect the cables from the keyboard and the mouse to the appropriate ports.
3.
Connect the cables from the speakers and (if available) a microphone to the appropriate ports
on the audio controller card. You may also need to connect the speakers to AC power; see the
speaker documentation for more information.
4.
Connect a cable from your site’s Ethernet network to the port on the network controller card.
See the network controller card documentation for more information.
5.
Connect a cable from a parallel peripheral device (such as a printer) to the parallel port.
6.
Connect cables from serial peripheral devices (such as a modem) to the serial ports.
7.
Connect cables from any USB peripheral devices to the USB ports.
8.
Connect the cable from any external SCSI peripheral devices to the port on the SCSI
controller card. See “Connecting External SCSI Devices” in this chapter for more
information.
