Connecting Va7100 Arrays - HP StorageWorks NAS 8000 - Version 1.6.X Manual

Connecting VA7100 Arrays

To connect a single VA7100 array (see
1. Connect the array to node 1:
2. Connect the array to node 2:
To connect one or two VA7100 arrays with an FC switch (see
1. Connect the NAS servers to the FC switch:
2. Connect the arrays to the FC switches:
1 . FC Port 1
Figure 13: VA7100 FC Ports
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— Remove the protective cover from the FC Port 1 connector on the array.
— Verify that a GBIC is connected to host FC Port 1 on the array, then plug one end of a
fiber optic cable into the GBIC.
— Plug the other end of the fiber optic cable into the mating optical connector on the
Fibre Channel HBA card in the NAS server designated as node 1.
— Remove the protective cover from the FC Port 2 connector on the array.
— Verify that a GBIC is connected to host FC Port 2 on the array, then plug one end of a
fiber optic cable into the GBIC.
— Plug the other end of the fiber optic cable into the mating optical connector on the
Fibre Channel HBA card in the NAS server designated as node 2.
— Each NAS server has two FC HBAs. On each NAS server, plug a fiber optic cable into
the optical connectors on each FC HBA.
— Plug the other end of each cable from NAS server 1 into the optical connectors on FC
switch 1.
— Plug the other end of each cable from NAS server 2 into the optical connectors on FC
switch 2.
— Remove the protective cover from the FC Port connectors on each array.
— Verify that a GBIC is connected to the FC Port connectors on each array, then plug one
end of a fiber optic cable into each GBIC.
— Plug one cable from array 1 into an optical connector on FC switch 1 and plug the
second cable into a connector of FC switch 2.
— Plug one cable from array 2 into an optical connector on FC switch 1 and plug the
second cable into a connector of FC switch 2.
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2 . FC Port 2
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