About the Service Processor Panel

The service panel consists of the Service Processor Panel and two I/O panels. This simplifies the cabling to the system. The Service Processor Panel provides the following connections:

The following diagram shows service panel with its I/O panels:

A line drawing of the service panel, which has 3 sections: the Service Processor panel for system connections and two I/O panels for data and storage connections.

You make all cable connections through the service panel rather than to individual components of the system. When the system has expansion cabinets, the cabling between the cabinets is also handled through the service panels, as shown in the following figure:

A line drawing of the service panel of the base cabinet and the simpler service panel of an expansion cabinet, showing that cables connect two ports on each panel.

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