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Chapter 3. Cabling the storage subsystem
After the storage subsystem is installed in its permanent location, you must cable it
to hosts, drives, and other external devices, depending on your hardware
configuration. This chapter provides fibre channel and power cabling information for
the storage subsystem. It also provides information about configuring the storage
subsystem.
This chapter addresses the following cabling and configuration topics:
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“Working with SFPs and fiber-optic cables”
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“Connecting storage expansion enclosures to the DS5100 and DS5300” on page
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“Connecting hosts directly to the DS5100 and DS5300 Fibre Channel host ports”
on page 108
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“Connecting secondary interface cables” on page 111
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“Configuring the storage subsystem” on page 112
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“Installing the storage subsystem configuration” on page 122
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“Connecting the power cables” on page 122
Working with SFPs and fiber-optic cables
Each RAID controller has Fibre Channel drive channel connections. Depending on
the type of host interface card installed, it also has Fibre Channel host connections.
You use a small-form factor pluggable transceiver (SFP) to connect each host
channel port and drive channel port to hosts and storage expansion enclosures.
The SFP is inserted into the port, and then a fiber-optic cable is inserted into the
SFP. The other end of the fiber-optic cable connects to an external device. SFPs
are laser products.
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