Sun Microsystems 2500 Computer Drive User Manual


 
Chapter 3 Connecting the Management Host and Data Hosts 55
FIGURE 3-6 Connecting the SFP and Fiber-optic Cable to a 2540 Controller
The Sun StorageTek 2540 Array controller tray has fourFC host connector ports, two
per controller module. To maintain redundancy, connect two data paths from each
host, one to each controller.
FIGURE 3-7 FC host connectors on the 2540 controller.
To Connect Data Hosts Using Fibre Channel
1. Locate the host ports at the back of the controller tray (FIGURE 3-7).
If the host port has a plastic protection plug, remove it.
2. Plug one SFP transceiver into a host port.
1. Fibre Channel Host Port
2. SFP is Inserted
3. Fiber-optic Cable is
into the SFP
into the Host Port
inserted
1
2
3
1. not used
2. Fibre Channel data
port 1host
1
1
2
2
3. Fibre Channel data
host port 2
3
3