Cabling your system into a cluster

About cabling your system into a cluster

After you install any additional adapters or disk shelves and update the software on your filers, you are ready to cable your filers and disk shelves into a cluster. If your filers have been in service, your Channel A loops are already cabled. All you need to do is cable your filers together and cable the Channel B loops. After cabling, your cluster should be configured as described in Chapter 3, Configuring a Cluster. and as described in the System Administrator's Guide.

Required cables

You need the following cables to convert your filers into a clustered system:

HSSDC to DB-9 filer-to-shelf cables, one per FC-AL adapter in your filers, or optical cable, two per dual Fibre Channel adapter
Shelf-to-shelf cables, one per disk shelf for the Channel B loop
Cluster interconnect cables, one pair for the cluster interconnect adapter or one optical cable for the VI cluster adapter
Solid colored labels for the Channel A loop cables and striped labels for the Channel B loop cables

Cabling your converted filers

To cable your converted filers into a cluster, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Cable your Channel A loops, as needed, as described in Step 2: Cabling the Channel A loops.
2	Cable your filers together through the VI cluster adapter, as described in Step 3: Cabling the nodes together.
3	Cable your Channel B loops, as described in Step 4: Completing the Channel B loop.
4	Test your cabled cluster, as described in Step 5: Completing setup and testing your cluster.
5	Configure your cluster, as described in Chapter 3, Configuring a Cluster.