Configuring Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters
Figure 3-2. LC Connector of a Fibre Channel Optical Cable
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Configuring Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters
The manufacturer configures the internal settings for each optical Fibre Channel PCI adapter before the adapters arrive at your site. The U525 PCI adapters are configured to attach to a SAN or switch. The U526 PCI adapters are configured to attach directly to a storage system.
For information about configuring the EMC storage systems, see the EMC documentation supplied with the storage system.
Installing Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters
Before installing the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters, you must download the required driver and software updates from the Web as described in “Software Requirements of Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters” on page
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If you are installing optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters in a production system, you must schedule downtime for the following procedure. Though it is possible to remove the I/O enclosures from certain systems and physically install the adapters without shutting down the entire system, you must still reboot the system when you install the EMC PowerPath Software and any applicable software updates.
To install the adapters
1.Install any applicable Microsoft hotfix software updates required by the storage system.
2.Shut down the system.
