Opening Interconnect Ports; Figure 6-3. Scale Out Cabling Between 3 Systems - Western Digital ActiveScale P100 Support Manual

ActiveScale™ P100 Support Guide

Figure 6-3. Scale out cabling between 3 systems

1. Insert 40Gb transceivers into ports 49 (M1) and 51 (M3) of System Interconnects 1 and 2 on the new
system, for a total of four transceivers plugged in.
2. Disconnect and reconnect your OM3/OM4 cables to the transceivers you plugged in as follows:
Warning: Disconnect one cable at a time, otherwise you lose connectivity to
your system entirely.
a. Disconnect the cable in System 1, System Interconnect 1, port 51 and connect it to System 3,
System Interconnect 1, port 51.
b. Disconnect the cable in System 1, System Interconnect 2, port 51 and connect it to System 3,
System Interconnect 2, port 51.
c. Connect System 3, System Interconnect 1, port 49 to System 1, System Interconnect 1, port 51.
d. Connect System 3, System Interconnect 2, port 49 to System 1, System Interconnect 2, port 51.

6.5 Opening Interconnect Ports

By default, ports 49 and 51 are active in a no shut mode. If the defaults were changed, reconfigure the ports
on your systems for the links to come up.
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