2.1. Installing and Configuring the Hardware

This section provides a sequence of hardware configuration and installation tasks to complete before you install the Intel Dialogic System Software. The topics covered in this section are as follows:

• Checking the Power and Cooling Requirements - tells where to find these requirements.
• Determining the Board Types - describes the different types of boards and explains how hardware configurable boards cannot be installed until after the Intel Dialogic System Software is installed because the Intel Dialogic Configuration Manager (DCM) must be used to determine the hardware interrupt level and base memory address parameters for these boards.
• Selecting the Slot Location in the Chassis - reminds you to make sure your chassis has enough slots for the boards you want to install.
• Configuring a Mixed CT Bus/SCbus System - gives guidelines for this type of system.
• Understanding the CT Bus - gives background information on CT Bus.
• Configuring and Installing BLT, PCI, and cPCI Boards - provides configuration and installation instructions for BLT, PCI, and cPCI boards.

  Note: Hardware configurable boards are not installed until after you install the Intel Dialogic System Software and run DCM. For this reason, the procedure for configuring and installing these boards is not given until later, in Section 4.3, Configuring and Installing Hardware Configurable Boards.

• Interconnecting Boards via CT Bus or SCbus - discusses how to interconnect the boards.
• Connecting to External Equipment - is a reminder to connect cables to external equipment at this point in the installation procedure if applicable to your board. Details on external cabling are given in the Quick Install Card provided with each board.

For more specific information about hardware switch and jumper settings, and connecting to external equipment, refer to the Quick Install Card provided with each board.

For a list of boards supported by the current release, refer to the Release Guide and Release Update.

Note: Antares boards are not supported in Feature Pack 1.

CAUTION
All computer boards are electrostatic sensitive. Handle all static sensitive components, boards, and computers at a static-safeguarded work area. Refer to the discussion of electrostatic discharge in the Quick Install Card provided with your Intel Dialogic board for further information. Electrostatic discharge can damage your board.

The hardware configuration and installation procedure is different depending on the board type. Be sure to follow the correct procedure for your board.

Note: If you plan to use the SCX160 SCxbus Adapter, do not install the adapter at this time. First, perform all the hardware and software installation and configuration steps for all the nodes in your multi-node system. When you install the Intel Dialogic System Software, use the Complete install or make sure you select SCx during the Custom install. When you have successfully started the Intel Dialogic System on all nodes without the SCX160 SCxbus Adapter, proceed to Chapter 6, Installing and Configuring the SCX160 SCxbus Adapter.

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