External I/O Connection
The external I/O connections are located on both the personality card and the
contoller card. There are five SFP I/O connectors accessible from the rear of the
unit as shown in the figure below.
RS232 for
Ethernet for
Controller 0
Controller 0
Host/Drive
Host
Host
CH 0
CH 1
CH 4
Host CH-0 and CH-1 (Bottom)
Input connections for Host Loops 0 and 1. These are Standard (2Gb/s) SFP
transceiver connectors used to connect to host systems from controller 1.
Host CH-0 and CH-1 (Top)
Input connections for Host Loop 0 and 1. These are Standard (2Gb/s) SFP
transceiver connectors used to connect to host systems from the controller 0.
CH 2 (Bottom)
This is a standard (2Gb/s) SFP transceiver connector used to connect to a drive
expansion enclosure for Loop A side of drives. The 15 internal drives loop side A
are connected to this loop as well.
FORTRA 15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A
Host/Drive
Host/Drive
Drive
CH 5
CH 3
CH 4
Drive
Host/Drive
CH 5
CH 2
Host
Host
CH 1
CH 0
Ethernet for
RS232 for
Controller 1
Controller 1
4-4