Chapter 6. Installing options 71• When connecting appliance servers across a space larger than 3 U or on twoseparate racks, you must use a C2T interconnect cable that is 2 m (6.5 ft) long,which is available in the C2T option cable kit.Note: Only one 2-m (6.5 ft) cable can be used in the C2T chain.• The C2T chaining cables are hot-swappable.Attention: Do not let the pins of the C2T cable connectors touch the applianceserver chassis when adding or removing systems to or from the C2T chain.• Servers are numbered by their position in the chain (1 through n). If oneappliance server is removed from the chain, all successive appliance servers arerenumbered. For example, if the twelfth appliance server is removed from a chainof 15 appliance servers, appliance servers 13 through 15 will then be renumberedto 12 through 14.• The C2T numbering is independent of any other appliance server reference.Changing the position of the appliance server in the C2T chain does not affect itsIP addresses.Complete the following steps to connect the appliance servers:Note: If you are not connecting multiple servers, begin with step 1d.1. Using the C2T cables, connect the appliance servers together:Note: Your appliance server comes with a short C2T chaining cable that canspan approximately 3 U if needed. A longer C2T cable is available in theC2T cable option kit.a. Connect one end of the C2T chaining cable to the C2T (Out) port of the topappliance server.b. Connect the opposite end of the C2T chaining cable to the C2T (In) port ofthe appliance server below it.c. Repeat these steps until all of the appliance servers are connected together.d. Connect the C2T breakout cable to the C2T (Out) port of appliance server 1.Figure 24. Viewing a C2T interconnectNote: Server 1 (usually the appliance server at the bottom of the rack) is theappliance server to which you connect the device breakout cable.InIn OutOutOutOutInInMouseKeyboardVideo4321
