Q-Logic MKII-BASE16 user manual 10Installation

Installation

Most NL_Port connections to the Switch are via Hubs or directly to storage devices such as JBODs and disc arrays. Connect the transmit SC fiber optic connector on the FL_Port to the receive SC fiber optic connector on the NL_Port. Connect the receive SC fiber optic connector on the FL_Port to the transmit SC fiber optic connector on the NL_Port.

In some cases you may need to connect a loop of NL_Ports to the Switch without the use of a Hub. Note in Figure 2-3 that these NL_Ports are connected in a loop from the transmit side of an FL_Port on the Switch, through each NL_Port in the loop, then back to the receive side of the original FL_Port on the Switch. Connect the transmit connector on an FL_Port to the receive connector on the first NL_Port in the loop. Continue to connect each NL_Port in the loop, transmit to receive. Then connect the transmit connector on the last NL_Port in the loop to the receive connector of the same FL_Port on the Switch that you connected to the first NL_Port in the loop.

Copper Connections

HSSDC connectors are duplex cable assemblies. That is, both the transmit and receive contacts are part of the same keyed plug assembly. You can’t plug them in wrong. Connect one end of the cable to the Loop device and the other end to a port on the FL_Ports on the Switch.

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