Virtual TapeServer 6.04.04 for NonStop Servers Supplemental Installation Guide

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Here is an illustration of the HVD and LVD ports on the back of the SCSI converter:
Connecting the HP ProLiant DL385 G2 (VT5900-E)
The VT5900-E is built on a 2U (3.5 inch) chassis and provides four SCSI buses, numbered 0-3.
A dual-channel 4Gbps Fibre Channel card is also provided for connection to the SAN. This
base model allows the use of all four SCSI buses for connecting virtual tape drives (no ports on
the 4Gbps Fibre Channel card can be used for virtual connections).
The recommended cable connection order for the SCSI converter attached to a base model of
VT5900-E is as follows:
Note When attaching NonStop servers to the HVD buses, it is recommended that you
attach to HVD bus D then to HVD bus C and then to HVD buses A and B if necessary.
Also, note that you do not have to use all of the SCSI buses (or converter ports) for
VTDs. You can use the ports as initiators for legacy SCSI tape drives.
Here is an illustration of the slots on the back of the base model. If the P800 card is installed,
it is placed in slot 3 (below slot 4).
Here is an illustration of the HVD and LVD ports on the back of the SCSI converter:
Note If you replace one or both of the SCSI cards with the 2Gbps Fibre Channel card(s), as
described in
SCSI-to-Fibre Channel Adapter Upgrade on page 33, and you set any of
the Fibre Channel ports to target mode (to connect the port to a virtual tape drive),
bus numbering will change. After you replace the SCSI card(s) and reboot VTS, refer
to the Manage Connections page in the VTS web interface to see how the ports were
renumbered. Contact your VTS service and support representative for help
correlating bus numbers to ports on the back of the VTS server.
HVD Bus A HVD Bus B HVD Bus C HVD Bus D
To NonStop server To NonStop server To NonStop server To NonStop server
LVD Bus A LVD Bus B LVD Bus C LVD Bus D
To port 4A on VTS
server
To port 4B on VTS
server
To port 5A on VTS
server
To port 5B on VTS
server