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Software installation
The general procedure for installing the software is as follows:
1.
Determine your connection topology.
2.
Prepare to configure the software.
3.
Configure log storage.
4.
Verify the installation.
This document includes a section for each of these steps. If you are familiar with the SAN connection
topology, you can skip the following “Topology examples” section and jump to “Preparing to configure
the software.”
Topology examples
The FC HBA card has two LC-style connectors. These are small form factor fixed (SFF) multimode optic.
Each port supports 4/2/1Gbps auto-negotiation. Although both ports can be physically cabled, the
Profiler appliance actively uses only one of them.
When connecting the appliance to the SAN device, various physical connections topologies are possible.
Six basic examples are illustrated below.
Example 1 - Single point-to-point connection
The simplest configuration is for Port 0 of the FC HBA to be connected directly to Port 0 of the SAN
device.
The port status shows the first port being online and the second port being down.
P0
P1
P2
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P0
P1
FC HBA
SAN Device
