Learn about cable topologies, options, and configuration
requirements.
When you decide where to place the cables, follow your site plan
and keep the following items in mind:
- Avoid creating a safety hazard.
- Avoid damaging the cables.
- Avoid placing cables parallel to high-voltage lines.
Important: - Expansion units with RIO/HSL adapters
cannot be in the same loop as expansion units with GX Dual-Port 12X Channel Attach adapters or 12X adapter Double Data
Rate (12X DDR).
- Expansion units with GX Dual-Port 12X Channel Attach adapters cannot be
in the same loop as expansion units with 12X DDR adapters.
- 5796 expansion
units are only used in loops with other 5796 expansion units.
- 5797 and 5798 expansion units
are only used in loops with other 5797 and 5798 expansion units.
- 5802 and 5877 expansion
units are only used in loops with other 5802 and 5877 expansion
units.
- 5803 and 5873
expansion units are only used in loops with other 5803 and 5873 expansion
units.