Step 1: Cable the rack servers and Lenovo XClarity Administrator host to the top-of-rack switches

Cable rack servers and Lenovo XClarity Administrator host to the top-of-rack switches to enable communications between the devices and your network.

Procedure

Cable each rack server and the XClarity Administrator host to both top-of-rack switches. You can choose any ports in the top-of-rack switches.

The following figure is an example that illustrates cabling from the rack servers and XClarity Administrator host to the top-of-rack switches.

Note: This figure does not depict all cabling options that might be required for your environment,. Instead, this figure shows only the cabling-option requirements as they relate to setting up a single data/management network.
Figure 1. Example cabling for a single data and management network
Illustrates a single data and management network in a KVM-based environment.