Task 5: Making Data And Management Connections - Promise Technology VessRAID 1000f Serie Guia De Inicio Rapido

Task 5: Making Data and Management Connections

You can configure your VessRAID for:
• Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage (DAS), see below
• Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) (page 18)
• iSCSI Direct Attached Storage (DAS) (page 20)
• iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) (page 22)
• SAS Direct Attached Storage (DAS) (page 25)
• SAS JBOD Expansion (page 27)
Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
This arrangement requires:
• A Fibre Channel (FC) interface card in the Host PC
• At least one FC transceiver for each VessRAID subsystem
• A network interface card (NIC) in the Host PC
• A standard network switch
Data Path
The VessRAID controller has two (2) FC Port connectors and one (1) SFF-8088
SAS Expansion Port connector. See page 16, Figure 15.
To establish the data path:
1. Install an FC transceiver into the FC data port on the VessRAID controller.
See page 17, Figure 16.
2. Connect the FC transceiver on the VessRAID controller to the Host PC or
Server.
See also "SAS JBOD Expansion" on page 27.
For a list of supported FC HBAs, Switches and SFPs, download
the latest compatibility list from the PROMISE
VessRAID does not support cascading of multiple RAID
subsystems. Cascading is planned for a future release.
VessRAID Fibre Channel subsystems also have two (2) Ethernet
RJ45 iSCSI Port connectors. See "iSCSI Direct Attached Storage
(DAS)" on page 20 for connection instructions.
Task 5: Making Data and Management Connections
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