Connecting Fibre Channel Cables To A Fibre Channel Host Interface Adapter; Example Configuration With Ethernet Cables; Example Configuration With Two Fibre - IBM StorVize V7000 Gen2 Quick Installation Manual

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Figure 127 shows an example configuration with a pair of Ethernet cables
connected to port 3 in each canister.
Figure 127. Example configuration with Ethernet cables connected to 10 Gbps iSCSI-FCoE
4-port host interface adapters
Connecting Fibre Channel cables to a Fibre Channel host interface
adapter
If your Storwize V7000 system has 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface
adapters installed, you can use Fibre Channel cables to connect them to your Fibre
Channel SAN.
Procedure
To install the cables, complete the following steps.
1. Connect the required number of Fibre Channel cables. Refer to the "Planning"
Figure 128. Example configuration with two Fibre Channel cables per canister
2. If you want to connect additional Fibre Channel cables, make sure to connect
section of the IBM Knowledge Center for instructions on determining the
number of cables required.
Note: Both canisters must have the same number of cables connected.
Figure 128 shows an example configuration with two Fibre Channel cables
connected to each canister.
the same number of cables to each canister. Figure 129 on page 140 shows an
example configuration with four Fibre Channel cables connected to each
canister.
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