Dell PowerVault ML6000: Connecting Fibre Channel Cables Through a Fibre Channel I/O Blade

Dell PowerVault ML6000 Getting Started Guide

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Connecting Fibre Channel Cables Through a Fibre  Channel I/O Blade

Perform this step if your library contains Fibre Channel tape drives that you will 

be connecting to your host or switch through a Fibre Channel I/O blade. 

1

For each tape drive: Connect one end of a Fibre Channel cable to the Fibre 

Channel port on the tape drive. Connect the other end of the Fibre 

Channel cable to an initiator port (lower ports 3 – 6) on the nearest Fibre 

Channel I/O blade.

2

For each Fibre Channel I/O blade: Connect one end of a Fibre Channel 

cable to one of the target ports (upper ports 1 and 2) on the Fibre Channel 

I/O blade. Connect the other end of the Fibre Channel cable to your host 

or switch.

Use Ethernet cables to connect the LCB in the 5U Library Control Module to 

each 9U Library Expansion Module that contains a Fibre Channel I/O blade. 

For each Fibre Channel I/O blade installed in a 9U Library Expansion Module: 

3

Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to any of the four middle Ethernet 

ports on the LCB Ethernet hub. 

4

Connect the other end of the cable to the appropriate port on the 9U 

Library Expansion Module. If the Fibre Channel I/O blade is installed in 

the upper bay, use the port labelled "UPPER." If the Fibre Channel I/O 

blade is installed in the lower bay, use the port labelled "LOWER."

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