Dot Hill Systems II 200 FC service manual Configuration Overview

4.4	Connecting the Chassis to DC Power Outlets	. 4–9
4.5	Cabling to Expansion Units	4–11
4.6	Setting Loop IDs on Expansion Units	4–13
4.7	Powering Up and Checking LEDs	4–16
4.8	Reviewing Channels, Ports, and SFPs	4–16
	4.8.1 Drive Port Connectivity in a Dual-Controller Array	4–17
	4.8.1.1 SANnet II 200 FC Array Drive Ports	4–18
	4.8.1.2 SANnet II 200 SATA Array Drive Ports	4–18
	4.8.2 Host Port Connectivity in a Dual-Controller Array	4–19
	4.8.2.1 SANnet II 200 FC Array	4–19
	4.8.2.2 SANnet II 200 SATA and SATA SE Arrays	4–20
	4.8.3 Default SFP Placement	4–21
	4.8.4 Changing Your SFP Configuration	4–24
4.9	Establishing Communications With An Array	4–25
4.10	Configuring a Host COM Port to Connect to a RAID Array	4–26
4.11	Manually Setting a Static IP Address	4–27
4.12	Setting Up Out-of-Band Management Over Ethernet	4–28

4.13Scaling a SANnet II 200 Fibre Channel Array Into a High-Capacity

		Configuration	4–29
	4.14	Adding an Expansion Unit to an Existing RAID Array	4–30
	4.15	Connecting Ports to Hosts	4–31
	4.16	Power-On Sequence	4–32
	4.17	Powering Off the Array	4–33
5.	Configuration Overview		. 5–1
	5.1	Summary of Array Configuration	. 5–1
		5.1.1 Point-to-Point Configuration Guidelines	. 5–3
		5.1.2 A Sample SAN Point-to-Point Configuration	. 5–5
		5.1.3 A Sample DAS Loop Configuration	5–10
		5.1.4 Connecting Two Hosts to One Host Channel (SATA Only)	5–14
	5.2	Larger Configurations	5–14
6.	Checking LEDs		. 6–1
	6.1	LEDs When The Array Is First Powered On	. 6–1
	6.2	Front-Panel LEDs	. 6–2

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