To connect the SAS cables
1
Connect a SAS cable to each of the two ports marked "SAS_IN" on the storage
shelf.
2
Connect the other end of each SAS cable to a SAS port on the PCIe RAID
card in the appliance.
3
When more than one storage shelf is used, connect the SAS_OUT ports in the
first shelf to the SAS_IN ports in the second storage shelf.
4
Connect the SAS_OUT ports on the second storage shelf to the SAS_IN ports
on the next storage shelf.
5
Connect the SAS_OUT ports of each storage shelf to the SAS_IN ports on the
next storage shelf.
6
Do not connect the SAS_OUT ports of the last storage shelf to any device.
See “Connecting the power cables” on page 43.
Connecting the small form-factor pluggable
(SFP+) transceivers
The NetBackup appliance requires an SFP Fibre Channel adapter to be plugged
into the Fibre Channel ports if the appliance uses a Fibre Channel plug-in. The
adapter allows usage of optical and copper Fibre Channel cables.
The NetBackup appliance supports Fibre Channel (FC) tape out PCIe add-in cards.
The cards connect to other devices through fiber optic cables.
The fiber optic cables require Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP+) transceivers are
provided with each Fibre Channel add-in card. The diagram shows the SFP (
1
) and
the fiber optic cable which is attached to it (
2
).
Supported SFPs are listed as follows:
■
Finisar
■
JDSU
Cable connections
Connecting the small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers
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