Connecting to an Ethernet network

Supported Ethernet connections

Your storage engine has one onboard 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet port. It also supports the following Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) in PCI slots 10 and 11 of your storage engine motherboard:

Copper Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) NIC (with an RJ-45 connection)
Fiber optic GbE NIC

Slot assignments on the storage engine

The following illustration shows the location of the onboard Ethernet port and the suggested slot locations for additional NICs, Fibre Channel adapter, NVRAM4 card, and backup devices.

Note
The actual slot assignments might vary depending on the options ordered for your system. See the System Configuration Guide at http://now.netapp.com for the most current slot assignments.

Cabling requirements

Use the following table to determine the Ethernet connection and cabling requirements of your Ethernet NICs.

Caution
Do not exceed the maximum cable length specification.

Ethernet type	Supported ports	Cabling requirements	Distance
10Base-T/ 100Base-TX Copper	Onboard	Category 3 (10Base-T only) or 5 (10Base-T/100Base-TX) unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) copper cable with RJ-45 connectors	100m max.
10Base-T/ 100Base-TX/ 1000Base-T Copper	Single Dual Quad	Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) copper cable with RJ-45 connectors	100m max.
1000Base-SX Fiber optic	Single (SC port) Dual (LC port)	50-micron multimode fiber optic cable with SC or LC connector	550m max.
1000Base-SX Fiber optic	Single (SC port) Dual (LC port)	62.5-micron multimode fiber optic cable with SC or LC connector	220m max.