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Installing and Using the V-Switch 3000

You have just purchased a V-Switch 3000 and want to begin managing your company’s small but growing storage network.

So far you have:

One JBOD appliance with four disks of equal capacity (the actual capacity is not important) connected to the 3000.

One PC acting as both management station for the 3000 and network host station for the storage network. The management station function is connected to the 3000 via an RS232 cable. The network host function is connected to the 3000 via a 1 Gbit Ethernet RJ45 cable.

An IP address assigned to the management/host station.

In this example, the network port IP address will be assigned 172.17.200.174 and the iSCSI portal for network port Eth1 will be set to 5003.

This example explains how to:

Use one terminal as both a management and host station.

Initialize and manage the 3000 through an RS232 connection and terminal emulation program.

Create a RAID 10 volume and expose it.

Configure your iSCSI initiator for access to the exposed volume. Once you have your components organized, you can begin.

STEP 1. ATTACH CABLES

Attach an HSSDC-DB9 fibre channel cable from your JBOD appliance to one of the storage ports on the back panel of the V-Switch. See #1, Figure 98, page

250.Depending on your appliance, you need to plug a terminator into one of the JBOD ports.

Attach the included RS232 cable from your management/host station to the console port (Console) on the back panel of the V-Switch. See #2, Figure 98, page 250.

Attach an RJ45 copper 1 Gbit Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port Eth1 on the front panel of the V-Switch. See #3, Figure 98, page 250.

Your network should mimic Figure 98, page 250.

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