Technical data

4.1 External Fibre Channel Switch Installation
If the MSA1000 has an installed Fibre Channel I/O module, you must
use external Fibre Channel switches. An NSPOF configuration requires
redundant MSA1000 controllers and two Fibre Channel I/O modules.
Ensure that the member systems, the Fibre Channel switches, and the
MSA1000 are placed within the lengths of the optical cables that you will
be using.
Install and set up your Fibre Channel switches using the documentation
that came with the switch as follows:
• Install a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches if you have plans for a
no-single-point-of-failure (NSPOF) configuration.
• All switches have a 10Base-T Ethernet (RJ45) port, and after the IP
address is set, the Ethernet connection allows you to manage the switch:
- Remotely using a telnet TCP/IP connection
- With the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
- Using Web management tools
If it is necessary to set up switch zoning, you can do so after installing the
Fibre Channel host bus adapters, storage hardware, and associated cabling.
4.2 Installing and Configuring the Fibre Channel Adapter
Modules
The following sections discuss Fibre Channel adapter (FCA) installation
and configuration.
4.2.1 Installing the Fibre Channel Adapter Modules
To install the DS-KGPSA-CA, DS-KGPSA-DA (FCA2354), or DS-KGPSA-EA
(FCA2384) Fibre Channel host bus adapter modules, follow these steps. For
more information, refer to the following documentation:
• 64-Bit PCI-to-Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter User Guide
• Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS FCA-2354 Host Bus Adapter Installation
Guide
• hp StorageWorks fca2384 PCI-X host bus adapter for OpenVMS and
Tru64 UNIX installation guide
4-2 Preparing the MSA1000 for TruCluster Server Use