Chapter 2: VTrak Installation
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Fibre Channel DAS
Fibre Channel direct attached storage (DAS) requires:
• Two Fibre Channel HBA cards in the Host PC or Server
• A network switch
• A network interface card (NIC) in the Host PC or Server
Data Path
To establish the data path:
Connect one of the Fibre Channel data ports on each VTrak controller to one of
the Fibre Channel HBA cards in your Host PC or Server. See Figure 10 and
page 22, Figure 11.
Management Path
To establish the management path:
1. Connect the Management port on each VTrak controller to your network
switch. See Figure 10 and page 22, Figure 11.
2. Connect the Host PC’s or Server’s standard NIC to your network switch.
Figure 10.VTrak E610f and E310f data and management ports
Mgmt
UPS
115200
8 N 1
FC 1 FC 2
4
2
1
Gb/s
4
2
1
Gb/s
Fibre Channel data port 1
SAS expansion
port (to JBOD)
Management port
Fibre Channel data port 2