
Connecting the ftServer System to External Storage Systems
Connecting the System Components and Peripherals
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For more information, see
The following configurations are supported:
Directly attach the Fibre Channel cables between one or two ftServer systems and
the Fibre Channel RAID controllers of a supported ftScalable Storage system
Connect multiple ftServer systems to a supported ftScalable Storage storage
systems through a storage area network (SAN)
Connect multiple ftServer systems to iSCSI RAID controllers in a supported
ftScalable Storage system through a switch in a LAN
If you are connecting an external storage system for data storage only, make the
connections
after
you install the operating system and verify that the operating system
is operating properly.
For Linux- or VMware vSphere-based systems only, if you are installing
Automated Uptime Layer on a volume or LUN (logical unit number) of a Fibre Channel
storage system to create a boot volume, make the connections
before
you install the
software.
For information about installing, connecting, and configuring your external storage
system to an ftServer system, see one or more of the following:
The
ftScalable Storage G3: Getting Started Guide
(R687).
The links in the
ftScalable Storage G4 System Documentation
section in the
Preface.
For VMware vSphere-based systems, also see the
VMware
vSphere Storage
guide, which explains the best practices for configuring storage systems in a
VMware vSphere environment and provides information about managing VMware
vSphere-based systems that use a SAN.
For connecting to network switches to access iSCSI storage systems on the same
subnet, see
“Connecting ftServer Systems to the Network for iSCSI Access” on
.
Connecting ftServer Systems to the Network for iSCSI Access
You can use one of the following network ports to connect ftServer systems to
supported ftScalable Storage system iSCSI storage devices:
The embedded 1GbE or 10GbE LAN adapters
The supported, optional Ethernet PCI adapters. See
, or