Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual
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Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing
Cabling the Library
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3
Remove and discard the necessary number of the black rubber
protective covers from the ports on the FC I/O blades.
4
Carefully unwrap the FC cables and remove the two white plastic
protective caps from each end of the cable.
5
Connect the FC cable to one of the following initiator ports on the FC
I/O blade: 3, 4, 5, or 6. When you choose the port, take into account
the location of any other tape drives that you plan to connect to the
same FC I/O blade. See
for best-practice guidelines for cabling a library.
6
Insert the other end of the FC cable into the FC port on the FC tape
drive.
7
Repeat the above steps for each FC drive you want to connect to the
FC I/O blade. Do not connect any of these FC cables to ports 1 or 2 on
the FC I/O blade.
8
Connect the host(s) to ports 1 and/or 2 on the FC I/O blade.
9
Install the module terminators.
a
Using the module terminators, terminate the top and bottom
modules in the library stack. Install one module terminator in the
top terminator connector on the topmost module and one in the
bottom terminator connector on the bottommost module.
If your library configuration consists of a single module, place
module terminators in the module’s top and bottom module
terminator connectors.
b
If you need to add 9U Library Expansion Modules to the 5U
Library Control Module, remove the module terminator from the
5U Library Control Module terminator connection that is closest
to the 9U Library Expansion Module.
Caution:
FC cables will be damaged if they are bent at more than a
four-inch arc.
Caution:
The module terminator is not the same as a SCSI
terminator. Using a SCSI terminator instead of a
module terminator will damage the library.