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Task 5: Making Data and Management Connections
You can configure your ASUS Storage for:
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Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage (DAS), see below
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Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) (page 16)
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iSCSI Direct Attached Storage (DAS) (page 19)
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iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) (page 22)
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SAS JBOD Expansion (page 25)
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SAS JBOD Expansion (page 25)
Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
This arrangement requires:
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A Fibre Channel (FC) interface card in the Host PC
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At least one FC transceiver for each ASUS Storage subsystem
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A network interface card (NIC) in the Host PC
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A standard network switch
Data Path
The ASUS Storage DS300f controller has two (2) FC Port connectors and one
(1) SFF-8088 SAS Expansion Port connector. See page 14, Figure 10.
To establish the data path:
1.
Install an FC transceiver into the FC data port on the ASUS Storage
controller.
See page 15, Figure 11.
For a list of supported FC HBAs, Switches and SFPs, download
the latest compatibility list from the ASUS support web site
http://support.asus.com/.
ASUS Storage does not support cascading of multiple RAID
subsystems. Cascading is planned for a future release.
ASUS Storage Fibre Channel subsystems also have two (2)
Ethernet RJ45 iSCSI Port connectors. See "iSCSI Direct Attached
Storage (DAS)" on page 19 for connection instructions.
Task 5: Making Data and Management Connections
Important
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