• To connect to expansion enclosures, you must order a 4-port 12 Gbps SAS adapter that is installed in slot 3. However, only ports 1 and 3
are used to establish a SAS connection
Use the following table to record information about the Ethernet ports that are used for node-node RDMA communications.
Control Enclosure S/N:
Node Canister 1
Ethernet Adapter Slot 3
Ethernet Adapter Slot 2
Ethernet Adapter Slot 1
Port 10
Port 9
Port 8
Port 7
Port 6
Port 5
Switch
Port
Speed: 25 or 10 Gbps
Cable type
Node IP
Subnet mask
Gateway
VLAN ID
Node Canister 2
Ethernet Adapter Slot 1
Ethernet Adapter Slot 2
Ethernet Adapter Slot 3
Port 5
Port 6
Port 7
Port 8
Port 9
Port 10
Switch
Port
Speed: 25 or 10 Gbps
Cable type
Node IP
Subnet mask
Gateway
VLAN ID
FlashSystem 7200 Fibre Channel connections
Each node canister supports 4-port 32 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) adapters or 4-port 16 Gbps FC adapters. Install the FC networking adapters
according to the following guidelines. Record the information about the FC port connections on each node canister in the following table.
• The first FC adapter must be installed in adapter slot 1.
• If more FC adapters are needed, install them in slots 2 and 3.
Control Enclosure S/N:
Node Canister 1
FC Adapter Slot 3
FC Adapter Slot 2
FC Adapter Slot 1
Port 12
Port 11
Port 10
Port 9
Port 8
Port 7
Port 6
Port 5
Port 4
Port 3
Port 2
Port 1
Switch, node, or host
Port
Speed: 32, 16, or 8 Gbps
Cable type
Node Canister 2
FC Adapter Slot 1
FC Adapter Slot 2
FC Adapter Slot 3
Port 1
Port 2
Port 3
Port 4
Port 5
Port 6
Port 7
Port 8
Port 9
Port 10
Port 11
Port 12
Switch, node, or host
Port
Speed: 32, 16, or 8 Gbps
Cable type
10
