Install IO Cards the Controller(s)
Dell Compellent 37
Install IO Cards
InstalltheIOcardsinthecontroller(s)basedontheIOcardpriorityrules.Fordual‐
controllersystems,installIOcardsinthesamelocationsinbothcontrollers.
Determine Where IO Cards Should Be Installed
ThefollowingtableprovidesguidelinesforinstallingIOcardstoensurepropercooling
andmechanicalfit.InstallIOcardsusingthecardpriorityandslotpriorityorderindicated.
Populatetheslotsasfollows:
Installlow‐profileIOcardsinslots3through1.Afterfillingtheseslots,low‐profile
cardsmaybeinstalledinslots4,5,and6whenusedwiththeadaptivebracket.
Installfull‐heightIOcardsbeginning inslot6,followedbyslot5,thenslot4ifneeded.
Slot7isreservedfortheCacheCard.
Note: Low‐profileIOcardsareshippedwithanadaptivefull‐heightbracketthat
mustbeinstalledtousetheIOcardinaslotdesignedforafull‐heightIOcard.When
alow‐profilecardisinstalledinafull‐heightslottheportsarereversed,soport
number
1isontheright.
Note: TouseMulti‐VLANTagging(MVLAN)inst allaChelsio10GbiSCSIcard.
MVLANismanagedinEnterpriseManager.
Type Card Height
Speed
(Gb)
Number
of Ports
Card
Priority
Slot
Priority
iSCSI ChelsioS320E‐LP‐CR
(SFP+transceiver
requiredforoptical
support)
Low‐profile 10 2 11 3,2,1,4,5
iSCSI ChelsioS320E‐CR*(SFP+
transceiverrequiredfor
opticalsupport)
Full‐height 10 2 10 4,5,6
iSCSI QLogicQLE4062 Low‐profile 1 2 7 3,2,1,4,5
SAS LSISAS9201‐16E Full‐height 6 4 2 6,5,4
SAS LSISAS9206‐16E Lowprofile 6 4 2 3,2,1,6,5,
4
FibreChannel EmulexLPe12004‐
M8* Full‐height 8 4 9 4,5,6
FibreChannel EmulexLPe12002‐M8* Low‐profile 8 2 5 3,2,1,4,5
FibreChannel QLogicQLE2662 Low‐profile 16 2 3 3,2,1,4,5,
6
FibreChannel QLogicQLE2562 Low‐profile 8 2 4 3,2,1,4,5,
6
FibreChannel QLogicQLE2564 Full‐height 8 4 8 4,5,6
FCoE QlogicQLE8152(SFP+
transceiverrequiredfor
opticalsupport)
Low‐profile 10 2 6 3,2,1,4,5
Cachecard Dell Full‐
height n/a n/a 1 7
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