Connecting Fibre Channel cables to a Fibre Channel host interface
adapter
If your Storwize V3500 system has 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface
adapters installed, you can use Fibre Channel cables to connect them to your Fibre
Channel SAN.
Procedure
To install the cables, complete the following steps.
1. Connect the required number of Fibre Channel cables. Refer to the “Planning”
section of the IBM Knowledge Center for instructions on determining the
number of cables required.
Note: Both canisters must have the same number of cables connected.
Figure 21 shows an example configuration with two Fibre Channel cables
connected to each canister.
2. If you want to connect additional Fibre Channel cables, make sure to connect
the same number of cables to each canister. Figure 22 shows an example
configuration with four Fibre Channel cables connected to each canister.
Connecting a control enclosure to a host
When installing a control enclosure, you can connect it to a host with SAS cables.
You can use onboard host SAS ports on some models or an optional SAS host
interface adapter. Note that onboard SAS host ports are not available on all system
models.
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Figure 21. Example configuration with two Fibre Channel cables per canister
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Figure 22. Example configuration with four Fibre Channel cables per canister
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