Connecting the electronic customer support cable (optional)
Electronic customer support helps automate management of your server and streamline your support. Use the
IBM eServer Technical Support Advantage information that is included with your server to learn about
electronic customer support or see the Support for IBMSystem i Web site (http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/
systems/support/supportsite.wss/brandmain?brandind=5000027). You can configure electronic customer
support by using the iSeries Setup and Operations CD that came with your server. For more information, see
Service and support.
__ Connect a telephone cable to the RJ11 connector of the adapter in the appropriate position.
v Position C3 for the models 520, 525, and 515
v Position C2 for the models 550 and 570
__ Connect the other end of the telephone cable to an analog telephone jack.
Cabling the expansion units
__ Do you have an expansion unit?
v Yes. See Expansion units for instructions on the following tasks:
– Setting up an expansion unit
– Creating a new RIO/HSL or SPCN loop
– Adding a system or expansion unit into an existing RIO/HSL or SPCN loop
Note: Do not plug the expansion-unit power cord into the power outlet, as directed by the instructions in
Expansion units, until later in this checklist.
v No. Proceed to the next section, Attaching devices using a system port.
Attaching devices by using a system port
__ If you have an IBM System i5 or eServer i5 server and you are connecting it to an uninterruptible power supply,
the serial uninterruptible power supply conversion cable is required. For instructions, see Serial uninterruptible
power supply conversion cable. Do not plug the uninterruptible-power-supply power cord into the outlet and
do not start your server.
Note: The attachment of high availability cluster multiprocessing IBM (HACMP) cables to a system port on the back
of the server is not supported.
Installing the PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor card
__ Do you have a PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor card?
v Yes. Install it now using the PCI-X Cryptographic Coprocessor instructions. This card was shipped in a
separate box. Return here after the card is installed.
v No. Proceed to the next section, Connecting the power cords.
Connecting the power cords
__ You should route the power cords through the retention rings or under the retention brackets that are provided
to prevent the power cords from becoming unplugged unexpectedly.
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