Owner's Manual
30 Setting Up a Fibre Channel Cluster
Configuring SAN-Attached Fibre Channel
To configure your nodes in a four-port SAN-attached configuration:
1 Connect one optical cable from SP-A port 0 to Fibre Channel switch 0.
2 Connect one optical cable from SP-A port 1 to Fibre Channel switch 1.
3 Connect one optical cable from SP-A port 2 to Fibre Channel switch 0.
4 Connect one optical cable from SP-A port 3 to Fibre Channel switch 1.
5 Connect one optical cable from SP-B port 0 to Fibre Channel switch 1.
6 Connect one optical cable from SP-B port 1 to Fibre Channel switch 0.
7 Connect one optical cable from SP-B port 2 to Fibre Channel switch 1.
8 Connect one optical cable from SP-B port 3 to Fibre Channel switch 0.
9 Connect one optical cable from HBA 0 on node 1 to Fibre Channel
switch 0.
10 Connect one optical cable from HBA 1 on node 1 to Fibre Channel
switch 1.
11 Connect one optical cable from HBA 0 on node 2 to Fibre Channel
switch 0.
12 Connect one optical cable from HBA 1 on node 2 to Fibre Channel
switch 1.
Figure 3-3 illustrates the cable connections in a SAN-attached Fibre Channel
cluster.