HP StorageWorks HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for Novell NetWare Installation and Configuration Guide (AA-RV1MA-TE, March 2005)

Planning a Subsystem
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Note: In ACS V8.8-1, the maximum number of supported connections is 96.
Naming Connections
It is highly recommended that you assign names to connections that have meaning
in the context of your particular configuration. One system that works well is to
name each connection after its host, its adapter, its controller, and its controller
host port, as follows:
Examples:
A connection from the first adapter in the host named RED that goes to port 1 of
controller A would be called RED1A1.
A connection from the third adapter in host GREEN that goes to port 2 of
controller B would be called GREEN3B2.
Note: Connection names can have a maximum of 9 characters.
Numbers of Connections
The number of connections resulting from cabling one adapter into a switch or
hub depends on failover mode and how many links the configuration has:
■ If a controller pair is in transparent failover mode and the port 1 link is
separate from the port 2 link (that is, ports 1 of both controllers are on one
loop or fabric, and port 2 of both controllers are on another), each adapter has
one connection, as shown in Figure 12.
■ If a controller pair is in transparent failover mode and port 1 and port 2 are on
the same link (that is, all ports are on the same loop or fabric), each adapter
has two connections, as shown in Figure 13.
HOST1A1
HOST
NAME
PORT
CONTROLLER
ADAPTER