NEC D3 Quick Start Manual

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• When handling FC cables, do not touch the polished cable terminations and do not use excessive forcewhen connecting the cables to avoid damaging the cables or FC ports.• Ensure that the cable paths do not expose fibre cables to excessive bending or pinching, as some fibrecables may be susceptible to damage when bending.• Do not dispose of the FC port covers on the array controllers, as these keep dust and othercontaminates off of the FC port lens to ensure proper FC performance. Whenever cables are notconnected to a port, the port should have a port cover in place.Figure 8. Controller FC PortsAs Figure 8 above shows, each array controller has two FC Host Ports (FC ports) built in and has the capacityfor additional FC ports with optional Host Port Expansion (HPE) modules. FC ports are numbered from right toleft starting at FC port 0 at the bottom right to FC port 5 at the top left where an expansion module has beeninstalled.Ethernet Cable ConnectionsThe following guidelines should be followed when connecting an array to the network.• The array must be connected to a management server where the Storage Manager software will beinstalled to configure the array.• Use the management port on Controller 0 (the controller on the right when viewed from the back of theunit) if only one Ethernet connection will be used for the array.• Each management port (one on controller 0 and one on controller 1) should have its own IP addressreserved on any DHCP servers. The IP address for each controller is configured manually on the arrayduring the initialization process outlined in the Array Initialization and Configuration section of thisguide.• The array, Management Server, and client must be connected to the network before you use theinitialization wizard in Storage Manager to configure an array’s initial settings.• The Management ports on both controllers should be connected to a network switch to provide themanagement server with a redundant connection to the array. However, the array can be managed byconnecting just one controller to the network or directly to the management server with a crossovercable if necessary.Figure 9. Array Controller Management PortNEC D3/D4 Quick Start Guide 10EthernetManagement PortMaintenance PortFC Port 2FC Port 3FC Port 4FC Port 5FC Port 0FC Port 1