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Installing a Cascaded Paragon System
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l. PressStosavetheconfiguration.PressF2toactivatethe
Selectionmenuandverifythatthesecond‐tierParagonswitchis
properlyconfigured:Selectachannelportforthesecond‐tier
pathandpressEnter,thenachannelportforaserverattachedto
thesecond‐tierParagonswitchandpr
essEnter.Ifyoucan
properlyaccessandoperatethechosenserver,thesecond‐tier
Paragonswitchisproperlyinstalled.
m. RepeatstepsCthroughLforallremaining(ifany)second‐tier
ParagonswitchesattachedtotheBaseUnit.
n. EditthenamesofanyserversdirectlyattachedtotheBaseUn
it
andverifytheBaseUnitʹsconfigurationasdescribedinsteps6B
through6EofthesectionInstallingaParagonSystemwitha
SingleMatrixSwitch(onpage24).
Importan
t:Ifyourearrangeacascadedsystemordismantleoneand
rebuilditdifferentlylater,youmustrecyclepowertoeachswitchin
thenewcascade.Asoftresetallowseachswitchtoretainalluserand
systemprofiles,andtoauto‐detectthecurrentstatusofitschannel
portsanduserports.Followtheinstallationstepsinthissectionto
installth
enewcascade,butwhenyoupoweroneachswitch(which
mustbedoneinpropertierorder,fromuppertiertobasetier),press
FUNContheunitʹsfrontpaneluntilʺClearDatabaseHitEnt/ESC?ʺ
appearsontheLCDpanel.PresstheENTandtheESCbuttons
sequentiallytoe
xecuteapartialresetonthedatabase.Pleaseseethe
ʺResetUnitʺsectioninParagonIIFrontPanelDisplayandControls(on
page16)foraddition
alinformation.
Rules of Powering On a Cascaded System
Whenpoweringonexistingstableconfigurations(thatis,ifyouareNOT
replacingoraddingswitchesandNOTswappingtheorderofswitches)
orwhenyouarePowerCyclingacascadedconfiguration,followthe
sequencebelow:
1. Firstpoweronthethird‐tierswitches(ifathirdtierexists).
2. Thenpoweronthesecond‐ti
erswitches.
3. FinallypowerontheParagonIIbasetier.
Userstationscanbepoweredonandoffatanytimeasneeded.
Forconfigurationswhereswitchesareadded,replaced,orswapped(in
order),followthesequencebelow:
1. Firstpoweronthethird‐tierswitches(i
fathirdtierexists).
2. Thenpoweronthesecond‐tierswitches.