Connecting a CLARiiON CX300 or CX500 array
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Cable Connections from Fibre Channel Switch to Storage
EMC CONFIDENTIAL
If you are using a single switch to connect a CLARiiON CX300 or CX500 array,
connect the cables (Figure 160):
Figure 160 CLARiiON CX300 or CX500 connected to a single switch
1. Connect SP A port FE 0 to the switch.
2. Connect SP B port FE 0 to the switch.
3. Connect SP A port FE 1 to the switch.
4. Connect SP B port FE 1 to the switch.
5. Record which SP ports you connected to which switch ports using the “FC/FCoE
cabling worksheet” on page 273.
Note: If you did not use the default SP and FC switch cabling, you must manually select the FC
switch ports the array will use in “Step 2: Install latest File OE on CS 0” on page 139.
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Switch
SP B SP A
FE 0 FE 1 FE 0 FE 1
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1
2
3