Scalar i500 Getting Started Guide
Document No. 6-01741-02
October 2008
Connecting Fibre Channel
Cables Through a Fibre
Channel I/O Blade
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For each tape drive:
1 Connect one end of a Fibre Channel cable to the Fibre Channel port on the tape drive.
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2 Connect the other end of the cable to an initiator port (lower ports 3 – 6) on the nearest
Fibre Channel I/O blade.
For each Fibre Channel I/O blade:
3 Connect one end of a Fibre Channel cable to one of the target ports (upper ports 1 and
2) on the Fibre Channel I/O blade.
4 Connect the other end of the cable to your host or switch.
Tape drive Fibre
Channel ports
Fibre Channel
cables to host or
switch
Fibre Channel I/O
blade target ports
Fibre Channel I/O
blade initiator
ports
Step 5: Connect the Tape Drive Cables