Connecting Fibre Channel Cables To A Fibre Channel Host Interface Adapter; Example Storwize V5000 Gen2 Configuration With Two Fibre Channel Cables Per Canister - IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 Quick Installation Manual
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Connecting Fibre Channel cables to a Fibre Channel host interface
adapter
If your Storwize V5000 Gen2 system has 16 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host
interface adapters installed, you can use Fibre Channel cables to connect them to
your Fibre Channel SAN.
Procedure
To install the cables, complete the following steps.
1. Connect the required number of Fibre Channel cables. Refer to the "Planning"
Figure 29. Example Storwize V5000 Gen2 configuration with two Fibre Channel cables per
canister
2. If you want to connect additional Fibre Channel cables, make sure to connect
section of the IBM Knowledge Center for instructions on determining the
number of cables required.
Note: Both canisters must have the same number of cables connected.
Figure 29 shows an example Storwize V5020 system with two Fibre Channel
cables connected to each canister.
the same number of cables to each canister. Figure 30 on page 36 shows an
example Storwize V5020 configuration with four Fibre Channel cables
connected to each canister.
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