Hardware description 2–35
Hitachi Unified Storage Hardware Service Guide
Data port descriptions
Hitachi Unified Storage Controller Boxes support the following data port
connections:
• Fibre Channel
•1 Gb iSCSI
• 10 Gb iSCSI
Fibre Channel ports
CBXSS, CBXSL, CBSS, and CBSL Controller Boxes have four standard Fibre
Channel ports. These Controller Boxes also support a Fibre Channel Host I/
O Module that contains four additional Fibre Channel ports (see Host I/O
Boards for CBXSS and CBXSL Controller Boxes on page 2-38 and Host I/O
Boards for CBSS and CBSL Controller Boxes on page 2-40). The ports are
designated in the following way:
Each Fibre Channel port provides an 8-Gigabit auto-sensing Fibre Channel
interface for connecting to storage systems, Fibre Channel switches, Fibre
Channel hosts, or other storage networking products. All Fibre Channel
ports support fallback speeds of 4 Gigabits and 2 Gigabits.
Each Fibre Channel port has LEDs to indicate its status.
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BD
AC
NOTE: The CBL/CBLD Controller Box provides four Fibre Channel ports as
an optional Host I/O Board. See Fibre Channel Host I/O Module on page 2-
56.
Legend LED Color Description
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HALM Red Red = Host Connector is operating abnormally.
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LINK Blue ON = normal link status at 8 Gbps.
Green ON = normal link status at 2 or 4 Gbps.