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Installing and Configuring a ServerNet Cluster

ServerNet Cluster Manual—520575-003

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Connecting the Two-Lane Links

d. Follow the dialog boxes to update the firmware and configuration for the X-

fabric cluster switch if the guided procedure determines that the switch needs

updating.

e. When prompted, update the firmware and configuration for the Y-fabric cluster

switch. The guided procedure remembers the configuration tag you selected

for the X-fabric cluster switch and uses it for the Y-fabric cluster switch.

f. When the guided procedure tells you to connect the cables for the X fabric,

click Stop Task. You must not connect the two-lane link cables until all the

cluster switches have been updated.

2. Repeat Step 1 on the second star group.

3. Repeat Step 1 on the third star group, but do not click Stop Task when the guided

procedure tells you to connect the cables.

4. Connect the two-lane links on both fabrics using the fiber-optic cables. See

Connecting the Two-Lane Links on page 3-33.

5. When the cables are connected, click Continue in the Connect the Cables Dialog

Box.

6. In the Local Switch Information Dialog Box, click Test to verify the connection

between the cluster switches.

You must log on to nodes attached to at least two different star groups of the tri-

star topology in order for the guided procedure to test all of the remote connections

on both fabrics.

7. Log on to a node attached to a different star group of the tri-star topology to test

the other remote connections. Run the Add Switch guided procedure again. In the

Local Switch Information dialog box, click the Test button to test the connectivity

between the local remote switches.

Connecting the Two-Lane Links

Do not connect the two-lane links until you are instructed to do so by the Add Switch

guided procedure.

If you log on to a

node attached to . . .

The guided procedure checks

these remote connections . . .

X1/Y1 X1/Y1 to X2/Y2, and

X1/Y1 to X3/Y3

X2/Y2 X2/Y2 to X1/Y1, and

X2/Y2 to X3/Y3

X3/Y3 X3/Y3 to X1/Y1, and

X3/Y3 to X2/Y2