Installation guide

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Before You Begin
This AlterPath OnBoard Installation Guide provides information and
procedures for installing the Cyclades™ AlterPath™ OnBoard and
connecting devices.
Audience
This manual is intended for installers of the OnBoard. It provides additional
information beyond the simplified installation steps in the AlterPath OnBoard
QuickStart Guide.
This document describes installation of the OnBoard hardware. It does not
describe how to set up and administer other external services or servers that
the OnBoard may access for authentication, system logging, IPMI control,
SNMP notifications, data logging, file sharing, or other purposes.
Document Organization
The document contains the chapters listed in the following table.
Table P-1: Document Organization
Chapter Number and Title Description
1: Introduction
Describes the available models, private and
public Ethernet ports, LEDs, power options,
and all other connections on the AlterPath
OnBoard along with necessary prerequisite
information for understanding the rest of the
information in this guide.