Making Data And Management Connections; Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage (Das) - Promise Technology 1000f series Product Manual

VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Manual

Making Data and Management Connections

You can configure your VessRAID for:
• Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage (DAS), see below
• Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) (page 23)
• iSCSI Direct Attached Storage (DAS) (page 25)
• iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) (page 27)
• SAS Direct Attached Storage (DAS) (page 30)
• SAS JBOD Expansion (page 32)

Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage (DAS)

This arrangement requires:
• A Fibre Channel (FC) interface card in the Host PC
• At least one FC transceiver for each VessRAID subsystem
• A network interface card (NIC) in the Host PC
• A standard network switch
Data Path
The VessRAID controller has two (2) FC Port connectors and one (1) SFF-8088
SAS Expansion Port connector. See page 21, Figure 9.
To establish the data path:
1. Install an FC transceiver into the FC data port on the VessRAID controller.
See page 22, Figure 10.
2. Connect the FC transceiver on the VessRAID controller to the Host PC or
Server.
See also "SAS JBOD Expansion" on page 32.
For a list of supported FC HBAs, Switches and SFPs, download
the latest compatibility list from the PROMISE
VessRAID does not support cascading of multiple RAID
subsystems. Cascading is planned for a future release.
VessRAID Fibre Channel subsystems also have two (2) Ethernet
RJ45 iSCSI Port connectors. See "iSCSI Direct Attached Storage
(DAS)" on page 25 for connection instructions.
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