Deployment Guide

Front-End Connectivity

Front-end connectivity provides I/O paths from servers to a storage system and replication paths from one Storage Center to

another

Storage Center. The SCv2000/SCv2020 storage system provides the following types of front-end connectivity:

• Fibre Channel: Hosts, servers, or Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances access storage by connecting to the storage

system Fibre Channel ports through one or more Fibre Channel switches. Connecting host servers directly to the storage

system, without using Fibre Channel switches, is not supported.

When replication is licensed, the SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the front-end Fibre Channel ports to replicate data to another

Storage Center.

• iSCSI: Hosts, servers, or Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances access storage by connecting to the storage system

iSCSI ports through one or more Ethernet switches. Connecting host servers directly to the storage system, without using

Ethernet switches, is not supported.

When replication is licensed, the SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the front-end iSCSI ports to replicate data to another Storage

Center.

• SAS: Hosts or servers access storage by connecting directly to the storage system SAS ports.

NOTE: When replication is licensed, the SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the embedded REPL port to perform iSCSI

replication to another SCv2000 series Storage Center.

If replication is licensed and the Flex Port license is installed, the SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the embedded MGMT port to

perform iSCSI replication to another SCv2000 series Storage Center. In addition, the SCv2000/SCv2020 can use the

embedded MGMT and REPL ports as front-end iSCSI ports for connectivity to host servers when the Flex Port license is

installed.

SCv2000/SCv2020 Storage System with Fibre Channel Front-End Connectivity

An SCv2000/SCv2020 storage system with Fibre Channel front-end connectivity may communicate with the following

components of a Storage Center system.

Figure 3. Storage System with Fibre Channel Front-End Connectivity

Item

Description Speed Communication Type

1 Server with Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) 8 Gbps or 16 Gbps Front End

2 Fibre Channel switch 8 Gbps or 16 Gbps Front End

3 SCv2000/SCv2020 Storage System with FC front-end

connectivity

8 Gbps or 16 Gbps Front End

About the SCv2000/SCv2020 Storage System