Installing an FC-AL adapter

How to install an FC-AL adapter

To install an FC-AL adapter, follow these steps.

Step Action
1
For a minimum configuration
Identify the expansion slot for your filer:
  • For an F630 - expansion slot 7
  • For an F700 series filer - expansion slot 1
For a maximum configuration
Identify the expansion slot for your filer:
  • For an F630 - expansion slots 7, 6, and 5
  • For an F740 - expansion slots 1 and 2
  • For an F760 - expansion slots 1, 4, and 7 or 1, 2, and 3.

    Note: Expansion slots 1, 2, and 3 are only used if you have four Gigabit Ethernet adapters in expansion slots 4 through 7.

2
For an F630
Remove the faceplate screws holding the slot cover to the back panel of the backplane carrier and save the screws for installing the FC-AL adapter.
For an F700 series filer
Remove the faceplate screws holding the slot cover to the back panel of the PCB carrier and save the screws for installing the FC-AL adapter.
3 Hold the adapter by its top edge, with the faceplate near your left hand.
4
For a minimum configuration
Lower the adapter into the expansion slot until the faceplate of the adapter is in position against the back panel and covers the endplate slot on the back panel.
For a maximum configuration
Lower the adapter into the expansion slots until the faceplate of the adapter is in position against the back panel and covers the endplate slot on the back panel. Repeat the process for each adapter that you install.
5 Press carefully on the top edge of the adapter until the edge connector is seated in the expansion slot.
6
For an F630
Insert and tighten the faceplate screw to secure the adapter to the back panel of the backplane carrier.
For an F700 series filer
Insert and tighten the faceplate screw to secure the adapter to the back panel of the PCB carrier.
7
For an F630
Push in the backplane carrier and tighten the six thumbscrews on the back panel.
For an F700 series filer
Push in the PCB carrier and tighten the eight thumbscrews on the back panel.
8 Repeat Steps 1 through 7 for the partner filer.
9 Leave the power turned off on both filers and proceed to Chapter 3, "Cluster Configuration."

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