Connecting A Vnx5500 Array - EMC VNX VG2 Setup Manual

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Connect Cables for a Fabric-connected VG2
Connecting a
VNX5500 array
Figure 31
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The VNX5500 SP has from one to seven ports to connect to SAN fabrics. If all of the
SAN ports on the array are already connected to the fabric, you need not change these
connections. If the array has two available ports on each SP, the recommended
practice is to cable these ports to the switches and dedicate them to the VNX gateway
system.
If you are using two switches to connect a VNX5500 array, connect the cables as
shown in the example in
Switch B
SP B
4
2
VNX5500 connected to two switches for high availability (example)
The array SAN ports 2 and 3 are used in this example, but you can use any two ports
on each SP:
1. Connect SP A slot 0, port 2 to switch A.
2. Connect SP B slot 0, port 2 to switch A.
3. Connect SP A slot 0, port 3 to switch B.
4. Connect SP B slot 0, port 3 to switch B.
5. Record the SP ports you connected to the ports using the
worksheet" on page 273.
Figure 31.
SP A
3 3
2 2
1 1
0 0
3
Switch A
1
CNS-000892
"FC/FCoE cabling