Interface Specifications; Component Interface Connectors; Network Interface Cable Requirements - Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual

Appendix C — Specifications

Component Interface Connectors

Component
Drive, Fibre
Channel
Drives, SAS
RIM, Fibre Channel
a. Only one port at a time can be used to connect the drive to a Fibre Channel network. If desired, the two ports can be used to create a
failover configuration.

Network Interface Cable Requirements

The type of cables required to connect the library and its drives to the
network depend on the type of interface being used.
Interface Type
Fibre Channel
(RIMs and drives)
Ethernet
Serial Attached
SCSI (SAS)
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Physical Interface
Two dual port multimode optical LC connectors for full‐height drives and one
a
for half‐height drives.
Two dual‐port, 6 Gb/second connectors that conform to the Device Free (Plug)
connector form of the SFF‐8088 standard "Unshielded Dual Port Serial
Attachment Connector" as defined by the SFF standards body.
Two dual port optical SFPs with LC connectors
Cable Requirements
The Fibre Channel interface in the RIMs and Fibre Channel tape drives support
the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP). Connecting these components to the host
network requires 400‐M5‐SN‐I multimode optical cables with dual LC
connectors.
The Ethernet port on the LCM provides a 10/100/1000BaseT connection to an
Ethernet network for accessing the library using a standard web browser on a
remote computer.
Each Ethernet port is a pin‐through‐hole RJ‐45 shielded connector. To comply
with EMC requirements, use shielded Category 5 or 5e data‐grade cables for all
Ethernet connections.
SAS tape drives support the point‐to‐point Serial Attached SCSI protocol.
Connecting these drives to the host network requires a SFF‐8088 SAS cable
rated for 6 Gb/second that does not exceed 13 feet (4 m).

Interface Specifications

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