Connecting A Fibre Channel San; Fcdata Path - Promise Technology Vess R2000 Serie Guia De Inicio Rapido

Connecting a Fibre Channel SAN

A Fibre Channel SAN using the Vess R2600fi controller requires the following items:
• An FC HBA card in each host PC or server
• An SFP transceiver for each connected FC port on the subsystem
• An FC switch
• A network switch
• FC cabling (LC/LC 62.5/125μm MMF)
For other FC connections such as Direct Attached Storage (DAS) please refer to the Product
Manual.
Figure 22: Management and FC data connections on R2600fi
FC Data Path
To establish the data path:
1. Connect FC cables between at least one FC data port on each RAID controller and the FC
switch.
2. Connect FC cables between the FC switch and the FC HBA cards in both host PCs or
servers.
If you have multiple Vess R2600 subsystems, repeat steps 1 and 2 as required.
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