Adapter Placement Charts - IBM TotalStorage NAS 300 User Reference

Adapter placement charts

The following tables show you where to install the PCI adapters.
Notes:
1. In the following charts, FC in slot 6 denotes a the SAN adapter, which must be
2. The Remote Supervisor Adapter is the only adapter that is supported in slot 1.
3. An engine can be ordered with a maximum of one adapter for tape backup
4. The minimum number of Ethernet adapters in each engine is one, while the
5. The onboard Ethernet controllers on each engine of the NAS Gateway 300 are
Adapter abbreviations
FC
GB
CEN
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NAS Gateway 300 User's Reference
Table 41. Adapter installation rules (continued)
Priority Adapter
2 Qlogic 2340 1-port
Fibre Channel
adapter
3 Remote Supervisor
Adapter
4 IBM PCI Ultra160
SCSI adapter
(LVD/SE)
5 Alacritech 1000x1
Single-Port Server
and Storage
Accelerated adapter
6 IBM Gigabit Ethernet
SX Server Adapter
7 PRO/1000 XT Server
Adapter by Intel
8 Alacritech 100x4
Quad-Port Server
Accelerated Adapter
either a Qlogic 2342 2-port Fibre Channel adapter or a Qlogic 2340 1-port Fibre
Channel adapter. The SAN adapter is always in slot 6.
For this reason, the Remote Supervisor Adapter can be added to any of the
combinations in these charts that do not already list a Remote Supervisor
Adapter .
(either a Qlogic 2340 1-port Fibre Channel adapter or a IBM PCI Ultra160 SCSI
adapter (LVD/SE)). In these charts, Tape refers to the tape backup adapter. If
there is a tape backup adapter, it is always installed in slot 5.
maximum number of Ethernet adapters in each engine is four.
used to connect the engines. For this reason, there must be an Ethernet
adapter installed in one of the engines of the NAS Gateway 300 for network
connectivity. The configurations that meet this requirement and are valid for the
NAS Gateway 300 appear in boldface type in the tables.
Qlogic 2340 1-port Fibre Channel adapter or Qlogic 2342 2-port
Fibre Channel adapter
IBM Gigabit Ethernet SX Server Adapter
PRO/1000 XT Server Adapter by Intel
Slot location Maximum quantity
6, 5 2
1 1
5 1
2, 3, 4 5 2
2, 3, 4, 5 2
2, 3, 4, 5 2
2, 3, 4, 5 2