Promise Technology M300p, M500i, M500f, M500p, M300i, M300f Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage

Chapter 2: Installation

•A network switch

•A network interface card (NIC) in the PC

Connect the VTrak Fibre Channel data ports to your Fibre Channel switch to establish the data path.

Connect the PC’s standard NIC and the VTrak Management Port to your network switch to establish the management path.

Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage

Network Switch

PC

NIC

Management

Port

Controller

VTrak

FC HBA Card FC Port (1 of 2)

Figure 9. VTrak M500f DAS connections (M300f and M200f are similar)

This arrangement requires:

•A Fibre Channel HBA card in the Host PC

•A network switch

•A network interface card (NIC) in the PC

Connect the VTrak Fibre Channel data ports to your Fibre Channel HBA card in your PC to establish the data path.

Connect the PC’s standard NIC and the VTrak Management Port to your network switch to establish the management path.

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