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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
About this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
How this book is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Notices and statements in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Preparing for installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the FAStT700 Storage Server in a rack cabinet . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing additional hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing drive enclosures in a rack cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2. Connecting the FAStT700 Storage Server . . . . . . . . . . 13
FAStT700 Storage Server mini-hub interface connections . . . . . . . . . 13
FAStT700 Storage Server interface ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing SFP modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Removing SFP modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using LC-LC Fibre Channel cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using LC-SC Fibre Channel cable adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FAStT700 Storage Server and drive enclosure cabling overview . . . . . . . 25
Configuring the drive loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting hosts directly to the FAStT700 Storage Server . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting hosts using external devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting Ethernet cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 3. Starting the FAStT700 Storage Server . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Connecting the power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Turning on the FAStT700 Storage Server alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
FAStT700 Storage Server indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Installing hardware for host-agent (in-band) management . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing hardware for direct (out-of-band) management . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing hardware for cluster servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Host interface ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Drive interface ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Ethernet interface ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting an LC-LC cable to an SFP module . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Removing an LC-LC Fibre Channel cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting an LC-SC cable to a device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing an LC-LC cable from an LC-SC cable adapter . . . . . . . . 24
Setting data transfer rates on host-side mini hubs . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting data transfer rates on drive-side mini hubs . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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