Chapter 2: Hardware Overview
StorNext G300 Connectivity
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StorNext G300 Gateway Appliance Hardware Guide
Fibre Channel Cable
Connections for SAN
Access
Each StorNext G300 contains one 2-port 8Gb Fibre Channel (FC) host
bus adapter (HBA) card in PCIe expansion slot 3.
Note:
If small form-factor pluggable (SFP) FC adapters are needed,
use only Intel-based SFP adapters. SFP adapters from other
vendors are not compatible with the FC HBA card used in the
StorNext G300. Twinax cables have the adapters built into the
end of the cable, so they do not require SFP adapters.
Physical
Ethernet
Port
Number
Logical
Ethernet Port
Number
Port Physical
Location
Port Function
Network Bonds
S
eth0
Embedded Port
Port 1
Service
n/a
2
eth1
Embedded Port
Port 2
Unused/
Unavailable
The OS does not recognize
this port as in use, so it is
unused and cannot be
configured nor bonded to
the LAN client or MDC
network.
3
eth2
PCIe Slot 2
Port 1
Metadata Network
(1GbE)
Bond 0
- The MDC network
is always a bonded network.
These 1GbE ports and the
customer doesn’t have the
option to break the bond.
4
eth3
PCIe Slot 2
Port 2
Metadata Network
(1GbE)
5
eth4
PCIe Slot 3
Port 1
LAN Client (10GbE)
Bond 1
– The default is for
all the LAN client ports to be
bonded. The ports are either
bonded or given individual
IP addresses.
6
eth5
PCIe Slot 3
Port 2
LAN Client (10GbE)
