Connecting The Small Form-Factor Pluggable (Sfp+) Transceivers - VERITAS NetBackup 523 Installation Manuals

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Connecting the small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers

Connecting the small form-factor pluggable
(SFP+) transceivers
To connect the SAS cables
1
Connect a SAS cable to each of the two ports marked "SAS_IN" on the storage
shelf.
2
Connect the other end of each SAS cable to a SAS port on the PCIe RAID
card in the appliance.
3
When more than one storage shelf is used, connect the SAS_OUT ports in the
first shelf to the SAS_IN ports in the second storage shelf.
4
Connect the SAS_OUT ports on the second storage shelf to the SAS_IN ports
on the next storage shelf.
5
Connect the SAS_OUT ports of each storage shelf to the SAS_IN ports on the
next storage shelf.
6
Do not connect the SAS_OUT ports of the last storage shelf to any device.
See "Connecting the power cables" on page 43.
The NetBackup appliance requires an SFP Fibre Channel adapter to be plugged
into the Fibre Channel ports if the appliance uses a Fibre Channel plug-in. The
adapter allows usage of optical and copper Fibre Channel cables.
The NetBackup appliance supports Fibre Channel (FC) tape out PCIe add-in cards.
The cards connect to other devices through fiber optic cables.
The fiber optic cables require Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP+) transceivers are
provided with each Fibre Channel add-in card. The diagram shows the SFP (1) and
the fiber optic cable which is attached to it (2).
Supported SFPs are listed as follows:
Finisar
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JDSU
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