- IBM switch Users and Maintenance Guide

1. Remove the protective cap from the fiber-optic cable. See Figure 38.
2. Connect the fiber-optic cable to the installed SFP, as shown in Figure 39.
3. Check the LEDs on the RAID controller. When the RAID controller is operating
properly, the amber Fault LED is off. For information about the status of the
RAID controller LEDs, see Table 13 on page 73.
4. To remove the fiber-optic cables, gently pull the fiber-optic cable from the SFP;
then replace the protective caps.
Using LC-LC fibre-channel cables
The LC-LC fibre-channel cable is a fiber-optic cable that you use to connect into
one of the following devices:
v An SFP module installed in an IBM DS4100
v An SFP module installed in an IBM DS4000 EXP100 expansion unit
See
Figure 40 on page 50 for an illustration of the LC-LC fibre-channel cable.
Protective cap
Fiber-optic
cable
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Figure 38. Removing caps from fiber-optic cables
SFP module
RAID controller
Fiber-optic
cable
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Figure 39. Connecting cables to the installed SFP
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