Dell PowerVault ML6000 Getting Started Guide 15
Connecting Fibre Channel Cables Through a Fibre 
Channel I/O Blade
Perform this step if your library contains Fibre Channel tape drives that you will be 
connecting to your host or switch through a Fibre Channel I/O blade. 
1
For each tape drive: Connect one end of a Fibre Channel cable to the Fibre 
Channel port on the tape drive. Connect the other end of the Fibre Channel 
cable to an initiator port (lower ports 3 – 6) on the nearest Fibre Channel I/O 
blade.
2
For each Fibre Channel I/O blade: Connect one end of a Fibre Channel cable 
to one of the target ports (upper ports 1 and 2) on the Fibre Channel I/O 
blade. Connect the other end of the Fibre Channel cable to your host or 
switch.
Use Ethernet cables to connect the LCB in the 5U Library Control Module to each 
9U Library Expansion Module that contains a Fibre Channel I/O blade. For each 
Fibre Channel I/O blade installed in a 9U Library Expansion Module: 
3
Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to any of the four middle Ethernet 
ports on the LCB Ethernet hub. 
4
Connect the other end of the cable to the appropriate port on the 9U Library 
Expansion Module. If the Fibre Channel I/O blade is installed in the upper 
bay, use the port labelled "UPPER." If the Fibre Channel I/O blade is 
installed in the lower bay, use the port labelled "LOWER."
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