ANSI Hardware Installation Manual 7360 ISAM FX-16 shelf cabling
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Figure 50 Inserting the cable connector into a VL port on the NDPS-B card
6 Route the VL cable through the appropriate cable exit area of the shelf; see Figure 51 for VL
cable exit areas:
• for a vertically mounted shelf (cards oriented vertically):
• for the VL cable to stretch comfortably, it is recommended that the vector processing card
be installed in slot #9
• for a VL cable connected to ports VL1 though VL4 on the NDPS-B card, route the cable
straight up through the cable exit area above the NDPS-B card
• for a VL cable connected to ports VL5 though VL8 on the NDPS-B card, route the cable
up and then towards the PWIO-B card so that the VL cable exists the shelf above PWIO-
B card
• for a horizontally mounted shelf (cards oriented horizontally):
• for the VL cable to stretch comfortably, it is recommended that the vector processing card
be installed in slot #9
• for a VL cable connected to ports VL1 though VL4 on the NDPS-B card, route the cable
straight to left through the cable exit area to the left of the VIPR-B card
• for a VL cable connected to ports VL5 though VL8 on the NDPS-B card, route the cable
towards the left and then up towards the PWIO-B card so that the VL cable exists the
shelf at the left side of the PWIO-B card
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VL cable
VL port