Promise Technology VTrak E-CLass Guide De Démarrage Rapide page 13

Configuring Direct Attached Storage
Direct attached storage (DAS) requires:
• A Fibre Channel HBA card in the Mac Pro or Xserve
• An Ethernet switch
Data Paths
To establish the data paths:
Connect one or both of the Fibre Channel ports on each VTrak controller to
the Fibre Channel card in your Mac.
Management Path
To establish the management path:
1. Connect the Management port on the VTrak controller to your network
switch. See Figure 9 below and Figure 10 on page 14.
2. Connect the Mac's NIC to your network switch.
Figure 9 DAS data and management connections, dual controller
FC data cables
Task 3: Making Management and Data Connections
Ethernet Switch
2 1
Mgmt
UPS
FC 1 FC 2
4 4
2 2
1 1
Gb/s Gb/s
115200
8 N 1
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Mac
Mgmt
UPS
FC 1 FC 2
4 4
2 2
1 1
Gb/s Gb/s
115200
8 N 1
VTrak
Management
cables