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An FC SAN with no single point of failure (NSPF) requires:
• An FC HBA card in each host PC or server
• An SFP transceiver for each connected FC port on the subsystem
• Two SFF-8088 4X to SFF-8088 4X SAS external cables for each JBOD unit
• Two FC switches
• A network switch
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To establish the data path:
1. Connect an FC cable between an FC data port on the left RAID controller and one of
the FC switches.
See "Figure 2 - 13: FC SAN NSPF data connections".
2. Connect an FC cable between an FC data port on the left RAID controller and the other
FC switch.
3. Connect an FC cable between an FC data port on the right RAID controller and one of
the FC switches.
4. Connect an FC cable between an FC data port on the right RAID controller and the
other FC switch.
5. Connect FC cables between one of the FC switches and the FC HBA cards in both of
the host PCs or servers.
6. Connect FC cables between the other FC switch and the FC HBA cards in both of the
host PCs or servers.
If you have multiple ASUS DS300f G2 subsystems, repeat steps 1 through 6 as
required.
Important
For a list of supported HBAs, switches, and SFP transceivers, download the latest
compatibility list from ASUS Storage support:
http://www.ASUS Storage.com/support/.
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The ASUS DS300f G2 subsystem is shown with SFP transceivers installed.
Figure 2 - 13: FC SAN NSPF data connections
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