Cabling your equipment racks into a cluster

Step 4: Cabling the Channel B loops

Channel B loops cabling diagram

The following diagram shows how the local filer is cabled to the Channel B disk shelf 0 on the partner filer, how the partner filer is cabled to the Channel B disk shelf 0 of the local filer, and how the balance of the Channel B loops are cabled.

Cabling the Channel B loops

To cable the Channel B loops, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Connect the HSSDC connector to the Channel B FC-AL port on your local filer, then connect the other end of the cable to the Channel B LRC Input port on disk shelf 0 of the partner filer.
2	Label this cable with a striped label.
3	Connect one end of the shelf-to-shelf cable to the Channel B disk shelf 0 LRC Output port, then connect the other end to the disk shelf 1 Channel B LRC Input port.
4	Label this cable with a striped label.
5	Repeat Steps 3 and 4, connecting disk shelf 1 to disk shelf 2 and so on, for the remaining disk shelves.
6	Repeat Steps 1 through 5 for the partner filer.
7	If your filers have multiple FC-AL adapers installed, see Appendix A, Cluster Configuration Examples, and Appendix B, Shelf-to-Partner Filer Cabling, for diagrams of how to cable multiple FC-AL adapters.

Where to go next

After you cable your filers and disk shelves into a cluster, continue configuring your cluster as described in Chapter 4, Configuring the Cluster. Also see the First-Time Configuration Guide for more detailed information about configuring your new cluster.