Task 6: Making Data Connections
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Connecting the VTrak Appliance
Upstream connections to VTrak appliance are either:
•
Fibre Channel Interface (page 31)
•
iSCSI Interface (page 32)
Fibre Channel Interface
A Fibre Channel (FC) upstream configuration is commonly used in VMware,
Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft SQL environments.
To connect the VTrak appliance:
Connect one or both
up
stream FC ports on the VTrak appliance to the FC
switch.
See the diagram, below.
TX RX
TX RX
8 4 2
TX RX
TX RX
8 4 2
FC upstream card
VTrak appliance
FC switch