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Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Installation Guide • May 2009
Connecting to Exterior Storage Devices Using a
Fibre Channel Connection
The Sun Blade X6250 supports connections to an external SAN over a fibre channel
link provided by a PCIe ExpressModule card in the corresponding PCIe
ExpressModule slot. The PCIe ExpressModule card provides a fibre channel
connection to the external SAN.
FIGURE 1-3
shows the configuration.
FIGURE 1-3
PCIe ExpressModule with Fibre Channel and SAN
The chassis supports two PCIe ExpressModule slots for each server slot. They are
numbered
N
-0 and
N
-1, where
N
is the server slot number. The numbering is
described in the chassis documentation.
See the documentation provided with the PCIe ExpressModule card for more details.
RAID Configuration
RAID configuration requires an (optional) RAID Expansion Module (REM).
Note –
This section only applies to server modules equipped with a Sun Blade
RAID 5 Expansion Module.
