Promise Technology 2-Year Extended Warranty for VessR2000 RAID Head - Manual (Page 73)

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An FC SAN with no single point of failure (NSPF) requires:
• An FC HBA card in each host PC or server
• An SFP transceiver for each connected FC port on the subsystem
• Two FC switches
• A network switch
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To establish the data path:
1. Connect an FC cable between an FC data port on the left RAID controller and one of the FC switches.
See “FC SAN NSPF data connections” on page 47
2. Connect an FC cable between an FC data port on the left RAID controller and the other FC switch.
3. Connect an FC cable between an FC data port on the right RAID controller and one of the FC switches.
4. Connect an FC cable between an FC data port on the right RAID controller and the other FC switch.
5. Connect FC cables between one of the FC switches and the FC HBA cards in both of the host PCs or
servers.
6. Connect FC cables between the other FC switch and the FC HBA cards in both of the host PCs or servers.
If you have multiple Vess R2000 subsystems, repeat steps 1 through 6 as required.
Important
For a list of supported HBAs, switches, and SFP transceivers, download
the latest compatibility list from PROMISE support:
http://www.promise.com/support/.
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