Setting addresses and connecting cables
2 December 1999
PFC 500/E Instruction Manual
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Setting addresses and connecting cables
You must now set FC-AL address ID on the RAID controllers, set the chassis ID,
connect Fibre Channel cables, and connect power cables. Refer to the Profile XP System
Guide for the settings required for your installation.
1. At the back of the PFC500 chassis, remove each RC from its slot as shown below.
2. For each RC, set the FC-AL address ID using the FC-AL ID switches on the RC
printed circuit board.
Each node (such as an RC) on a Fibre Channel front-end loop must have a unique
FC-AL address ID. The FC-AL protocol translates the FC-AL address ID into an
8-bit arbitrated loop physical address (ALPA).
IMPORTANT: Each RC’s FC-AL ID must be unique from all other FC devices on
that same FC-AL loop.
The valid FC-AL address ID range is a number 0 through 125 decimal, which is 0
through 7D hexadecimal. The following figures and table locate the switches and
show how to select ID numbers using them.
A
B
EX
P
A
B
EXP
Latch up
A. Pull up the latch on the RC.
B. Grasp the RC and gently
pull it out of the slot
B
E X P
Location of switches