4.2
Connecting the Fibre Channel or InfiniBand
Ports
Connect the Fibre Channel (FC) ports on the RamSan-810 to your server or to a Fibre Channel
switch. If the RamSan-810 has InfiniBand (IB) ports, connect them to an IB Switch or Host
Channel Adapter (HCA) in your server.
Figure 3: Fibre Channel Locations
Figure 3 shows the port layout for the RamSan-810. Each controller has two FC ports: A and B,
on the left and right respectively. The FC ports on the system are capable of connecting to
Point-to-Point (N-Port), Arbitrated Loop (NL-port), or Switched Fabric (F-Port) topologies at
2-Gb, 4-Gb, or 8-Gb speeds.
Although Figure 3 only shows FC controller cards, an IB controller card can occupy any of the
same slots as the FC controller cards. The IB controller card has two x4 IB ports: A and B, on
the top and bottom respectively. The IB ports are capable of connecting to Quad Data Rate
(QDR), Double Data Rate (DDR) or Single Data Rate (SDR) InfiniBand HCAs using the SCSI
RDMA Protocol (SRP).
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