Chapter 2: Installation

The arrangement requires J610s or J310s units with dual I/O modules and two Host PCs with a SAS HBA card in each PC.

Connect the SAS HBA card in the first Host PC to the subtractive-routed port (CN2) on an I/O module of the first J610s or J310s unit.

Connect the SAS HBA card in the second Host PC to the subtractive-routed port (CN2) on the other I/O module of the first J610s or J310s unit.

Connect the table-routed ports (CN1) on the I/O modules of the first J610s or J310s unit to the subtractive-routed ports (CN2) on the I/O modules of the next J610s or J310s unit.

Connect the remaining J610s or J310s units in the same manner. You can mix J610s and J310s units in the same cascade.

Use SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 SAS cables to connect the J610s or J310s units.

Setting Up Serial Cable Connections

RS232 serial communication enables the Command Line Interface (CLI) and Command Line Utility (CLU) on your PC to monitor and control the VTrak. On VTrak, RS232 communication goes through the RJ11 serial connector on each controller.

Figure 19. A serial connector is located on the I/O module. The J310s is shown. The J610s is similar

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To set up a serial cable connection:

1.Attach the RJ11 end of the RJ11-to-DB9 serial data cable, supplied with the VTrak, to the RJ11 serial connector on one of the I/O modules.

2.Attach a null-modem cable to the DB9 end of the RJ11-to-DB9 serial data cable.

3.Attach the other end of the null-modem cable to a serial port on the Host PC or Server.

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Promise Technology J310S, J610S manual Setting Up Serial Cable Connections, Connector

J610S, J310S specifications

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