Sun Microsystems T3 manual Administration Path, Connecting Partner Groups

■Switch connection where the FC-AL from the array is connected to a switch on the same network as the data host.

Administration Path

For the administration path, each controller unit has an Ethernet connector. For each installed controller, an Ethernet connection and IP address are required. The administration server uses this link to set up and manage the arrays using Sun StorEdge Component Manager software.

Note – In a partner group, only one of the two Ethernet connections is active at any time. The second Ethernet connection is used for redundancy.

Connecting Partner Groups

The array also has two interconnect cards that are used to connect the array in a partner group. These interconnect cards have two ports (in and out).

Note – Partner groups are not supported in Sun Cluster 2.2.

Note – In a workgroup (standalone) configuration, these interconnect cards cannot be used to connect to the administrative console or to the application host. These interconnect cards are used solely for ensuring redundancy and failover mechanisms in partner groups.

FIGURE 6-1and FIGURE 6-2show a Sun StorEdge T3 and T3+ array with a controller card and interconnect cards.

60 Sun StorEdge T3 and T3+ Array Configuration Guide • August 2001