Installation guide

Chapter 3. Hardware Installation Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide
four DB25 or DB37 connectors to the 100-pin connector. The eight-port board uses an "octopus" (one-to-eight)
cable to attach eight DB25 connectors to the 100-pin connector. Port numbers are identified on the terminating
ends of the quadrapus or octopus cable.
9. Plug the power cord into the power input socket on the Freeway’s back panel and into an AC electrical outlet
near your Freeway, making sure the voltage supplied is appropriate for the Freeway. If your Freeway is equipped
with multiple redundant power supplies, connect AC power to each power input socket on the Freeway.
10. Perform the software installation procedures on your boot server as described in the Freeway User’s Guide.
11. Configure the boot parameters. There are two ways to do this. You can use the boot parameter initialization disk
as described in Chapter 4 or you can attach a local console to your Freeway as described in Chapter 5.
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