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VTrak E-Class Product Manual
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Fibre Channel SAN – No Single Point of Failure
An FC SAN with no single point of failure requires:
• Two FC switches
• An FC HBA card in each Host PC or Server
• A network switch
• A network interface card (NIC) in each Host PC or Server
Data Path
To establish the data path:
1. Connect an FC data port on the left controller to the FC HBA card in one of
the Host PCs or Servers.
See page 29, Figure 16.
2. Connect another FC data port on the left controller to the FC HBA card in the
other Host PC or Server.
3. Connect an FC data port on the right controller to the FC HBA card in one of
the Host PCs or Servers.
4. Connect another FC data port on the right controller to the FC HBA card in
the other Host PC or Server.
Keep your data paths organized to ensure redundancy.
For multipathing (MPIO) applications, see the VTrak E-Class Product
Manual on the CD.
JBOD Expansion
To add JBOD units:
1. Connect the SAS expansion port on the left controller of the RAID
subsystem to the SAS data IN port on left I/O module of the first JBOD unit.
See page 29, Figure 16.
2. Connect the SAS expansion port on the right controller RAID subsystem to
the SAS data IN port on right I/O module of the first JBOD unit.
3. Connect the SAS data OUT port on left I/O module of the first JBOD unit to
the SAS data IN port on left I/O module of the second JBOD unit.
4. Connect the SAS data OUT port on right I/O module of the first JBOD unit to
the SAS data IN port on right I/O module of the second JBOD unit.
Important
For a list of supported FC HBAs, Switches and SFPs, download
the latest compatibility list from PROMISE support:
http://www.promise.com/support/.