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Connecting Fibre Channel cables to a Fibre Channel host interface
adapter
If your Storwize V5000 system has 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface
adapters installed, you can use Fibre Channel cables to connect them to your Fibre
Channel SAN.
Procedure
To install the cables, complete the following steps.
1. Connect the required number of Fibre Channel cables. Refer to the “Planning”
section of the IBM Knowledge Center for instructions on determining the
number of cables required.
Note: Both canisters must have the same number of cables connected.
Figure 19 shows an example configuration with two Fibre Channel cables
connected to each canister.
2.
If you want to connect additional Fibre Channel cables, make sure to connect
the same number of cables to each canister. Figure 20 shows an example
configuration with four Fibre Channel cables connected to each canister.
3. If a control enclosure is already installed, you can optionally add Fibre Channel
connections between all the control enclosures.
v This involves both the physical installation of the cables and configuring the
correct zoning on the Fibre Channel switches.
v Configure the network so that every node canister has at least two
connections to every node canister in a different control enclosure.
v You must configure the network before you attempt to add a control
enclosure to an existing system.
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Figure 19. Example configuration with two Fibre Channel cables per canister
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Figure 20. Example configuration with four Fibre Channel cables per canister
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