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Fibre / Fibre Configuration Examples (FAStT500)
Note: The following sample configurations are for illustration only and may not be suitable for any specific customer installation. Contact your IBM
Business Partner or IBM Marketing Representative for assistance with your specific configuration requirements.
1. FAStT Host Adapter (P/N 00N6881) supports short-wave connections only.
2. Buffering the long-wave optic cable expanse with a second switch or hub at the remote storage
location is required to requalify the signal.
• P = Primary path, S = Secondary/Redundant path
• Shaded boxes represent separate hosts.
• Cable groups are represented by letters in parenthesis.
• Maximum of 220 external storage HDDs are supported through 11 enclosures in each cable pair.
• The number of servers that can be used in configurations with managed hubs or Fibre Channel
switches are dependent on partitioning restrictions of the management system or cluster software.
•An optional short-or-long-wave GBIC is required for all FAStT500 Storage Server and FAStT EXP500
storage connections. GBICs are not depicted in these diagrams.
•Other Fibre Channel devices may not require optional GBICs. For specific requirements, see the Fibre
Device Ports Reference.
Fibre Channel
Adapter
1
FAStT500 Storage Server
(P/N 00N69xx)
FAStT EXP500
FAStT500 Storage Server
(P/N 00N69xx)
FAStT EXP500
Fibre Channel
Adapter
1
Fibre Channel
Adapter
1
Fibre Channel
Adapter
1
FAStT500 Storage Server
(P/N 00N69xx)
FAStT EXP500
Fibre Channel
Adapter
1
FAStT500 Storage Server
(P/N 00N69xx)
FAStT EXP500
FAStT EXP500
Fibre Channel
Adapter
1
Fibre Channel
Adapter
1
FAStT500 Storage Server
(P/N 00N69xx)
FAStT EXP500
FAStT EXP500
FAStT EXP500
Fibre Channel
Adapter
1
Fibre Channel
Adapter
1
Switch/Hub
Switch/Hub
Switch/Hub
2
Switch/Hub
Switch/Hub
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(E)
Cable Group D (Short-Wave Fibre)
03K9306 - Netfinity Fibre Channel 5M Cable
03K9305 - Netfinity Fibre Channel 25M Cable
Customer supplied short-wave cable of up to 500M (0.31 miles)
Cable Group E (long-wave Fibre Channel)
Customer supplied long-wave cable of up to 10KM
(6.2 miles)
GBIC
03K9308 - Netfinity Fibre Channel Short-Wave GBIC
03K9307 - Netfinity Fibre Channel Long-Wave GBIC
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)
(D or E)