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Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 FS8600 Appliance Deployment Guide

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Connect 10GbE FS8600 iSCSI Appliances

Connect the FS8600 appliances to the SAN/internal network and client network.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Identify the ports on a 10GbE iSCSI FS8600 appliance.
    Figure 1. 10GbE iSCSI FS8600 Appliance Ports Client network and internal/iSCSI ports.
    1. Client network ports
    2. Internal/iSCSI ports
  2. Connect each appliance to the SAN/internal network.
    • Use LC optical fiber or twinax cables to connect all controller internal/iSCSI ports to the SAN/internal network Ethernet switches.
      • For all controllers, eth30 (upper right port), must be connected to the same subnet.
      • For all controllers, eth31 (lower right port), must be connected to the same subnet.
    • Make sure each controller is connected to each switch.
  3. Connect each appliance to the client network.
    • For each controller, use LC optical fiber or twinax cables to connect both client ports to client network Ethernet switches.
    • Make sure each controller is connected to each switch.
  4. Use the cable labels shipped with the appliance to label each cable.

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