What equipment is required to calibrate PXI cards.

I need to know what all is required, hardware and software wise, for me to calibrate the following NI items in my cal lab:
PXI-1045, PXI-6508, PXI-6552, PXI-8331, and PXI 6251.
What I have now is an old version 2.0 of Calibration Executive and the software that came with these cards (NI-488.2, GPIB-VXI/C Legacy Documentation and NI-VISA Libraries Version 3.0). My software guy also has the NI Developer Suite from 2003. In the lab we have calibrators (5700,5720,4708,9500) and meters (34401,3458,1281,8508) and scopes (TDS) and PC controllers running XP with NI PCI-GPIB cards.
I realize I will need to get an upgrade for the Cal Exec, I need to know what all else is required to decide if it is going to be justifiable to gear up for this capability. Any information, including prices, is appreciated.

Hi Poornima -
The SCXI chassis and equipment are used to condition signals sent to and from the DUT. After being conditioned, the signals are sent to your DAQ device to be digitized and read into the computer. As such, the SCXI chassis only needs to be cabled to the DAQ device. You can do this using a shielded E-series cable (SH68-68-EP) and an adapter block (SCXI-1349). These will connect the leftmost device in your SCXI chassis to your DAQ card, which must reside in the rightmost slot of your PXI chassis. There is detailed information about SCXI connections in the "SCXI Quick Start Guide", which can be found in the Start Menu documentation for DAQ.
The GPIB connections will be made in your PXI chassis. Either the embedded controller of the chassis or a PXI-GPIB card will have the port connections needed.
There are also detailed text instructions for making the connections in the "Calibration Executive Help" file, which you can find in the program's Start menu group. Inside this file, browse the tree to "Device Calibration Procedures » Modular Instruments » High-Speed Digital". The instructions given here explain step-by-step how to connect your equipment for both scenarios (combo chassis and separate SCXI chassis).
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National Instruments

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LabVIEW: The VI is not executable. Most likely the VI is broken or one of its subVIs cannot be located. Open the VI in LabVIEW using File>>Open and verify that it is runnable.
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Attachments:
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