As you insert the connector, you should feel it click into place; if you do not feel it click, remove
it, turn it around and try again.
Steps
1. Use the animation or illustration to complete the cabling between the controllers and to the switches:
Two-node switchless cluster cabling
2. Go to
Step 4: Cable controllers to drive shelves
for drive shelf cabling instructions.
Option 2: Cable a switched cluster
The optional data ports, optional NIC cards, mezzanine cards, and management ports on
the controller modules are connected to switches. The cluster interconnect and HA ports
are cabled on to the cluster/HA switch.
You must have contacted your network administrator for information about connecting the system to the
switches.
Be sure to check the direction of the cable pull-tabs when inserting the cables in the ports. Cable pull-tabs are
up for all onboard ports and down for expansion (NIC) cards.
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