Connecting Fibre Channel Cables Through a Fibre Channel I/O Blade
Perform this step if your library contains Fibre Channel tape drives that you will be connecting to your host or switch through a Fibre Channel I/O blade.
1For each tape drive: Connect one end of a Fibre Channel cable to the Fibre Channel port on the tape drive. Connect the other end of the Fibre Channel cable to an initiator port (lower ports 3 – 6) on the nearest Fibre Channel I/O blade.
2For each Fibre Channel I/O blade: Connect one end of a Fibre Channel cable to one of the target ports (upper ports 1 and 2) on the Fibre Channel I/O blade. Connect the other end of the Fibre Channel cable to your host or switch.
Use Ethernet cables to connect the LCB in the 5U Library Control Module to each 9U Library Expansion Module that contains a Fibre Channel I/O blade. For each Fibre Channel I/O blade installed in a 9U Library Expansion Module:
3Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to any of the four middle Ethernet ports on the LCB Ethernet hub.
4Connect the other end of the cable to the appropriate port on the 9U Library Expansion Module. If the Fibre Channel I/O blade is installed in the upper bay, use the port labelled "UPPER." If the Fibre Channel I/O blade is installed in the lower bay, use the port labelled "LOWER."
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