Installation guide
Chapter 3. Hardware Installation
Power off Freeway completelyWe recommend that you power off the Freeway server and modem during
cable installation and removal. This will prevent damage to an ICP due to electrical discharge as contact is
made or broken.
Figure 3-2 shows an example Freeway 3600 hardware configuration. The Freeway 3600 has sixteen PCI slots,
which can be used either by ICP2432 boards or by optional secondary Ethernet Network Interface (NIC) Cards.
In this example, sixteen four-port or eight-port ICP2432 board are installed.
The two-port ICP board has two separate 26-pin high-density connectors; port 0 is the connector nearest the top
of the Freeway 3600 chassis and port 1 is the other connector. Both the four-port and the eight-port boards have
the same 100-pin high-density connector. The four-port board uses a "quadrapus" (one-to-four) cable to attach
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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