Stratus ftServer 2510, Site Planning Manual

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Fibre Channel Connections
Communications Line Planning 4-3
Fibre Channel Connections
ftServer systems support connections to ftScalable Storage systems and EMC
CLARiiON and Symmetrix storage systems. Optical Fibre-Channel host bus adapters
(HBAs) in the CPU- I

O enclosures provide connection points to these storage
enclosures.
ftSSS for the Windows Operating System and ftSSS for the Linux Operating System
support the following attachments:

Direct attachment from one or two ftServer systems to the RAID controller tray of
an ftScalable Storage system, to the storage processors of an EMC CLARiiON
storage system, or to the Fibre Channel HBA of a Symmetrix storage system

Attachment through a storage area network (SAN) from multiple ftServer systems
to ftScalable Storage systems or EMC storage systems
ftSSS for the Linux Operating System also supports directly-attached or SAN-attached
HP StorageWorks EVAs.
ftSSS for VMware vSphere supports the following attachments:

Direct attachment from one ftServer system to the RAID controller tray of an
ftScalable Storage system

Attachment through a storage area network (SAN) from multiple ftServer systems
to ftScalable Storage systems or EMC CLARiiON and Symmetrix storage systems
A pair of Fibre Channel HBAs is teamed for fault tolerance. The adapters are
single-ported and each member of the pair is installed in a different
CPU- I

O enclosure: one in the top enclosure and the other in the bottom enclosure.
The Stratus ftServer Systems: Peripherals Site Planning Guide (R582) lists the optical
Fibre Channel HBAs supported by each operating system.
Table 4-2 lists the available optical Fibre Channel cables.
Table 4-2. Optical Fibre Channel Cables
Length Part number
6.5 ft (2m) AW-B90000-020
32.8 ft (10m) AW-B90000-100
98.4 ft (30m) AW-B90000-300