Chapter 3

Connecting Your Appliance

About this chapter  

This chapter discusses how to connect your appliance to a network through several types of expansion adapters, to third-party devices, to an ASCII terminal console, and to an AC power source.

Topics in this chapter  

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Connecting to a Fibre Channel network
• Connecting to an Ethernet network
• Connecting to a DAFS network
• Connecting your remote management card
• Connecting to an ASCII terminal console
• Connecting to an AC power source and powering on

Locating the appropriate connection  

Your appliance connects to a network and to power through the chassis.

Note
For detailed information about your appliance configuration, see the appropriate system administration guide at http://now.netapp.com. For information about how to cable your appliance in a clustered configuration, see the cluster guide.

FAS920, FAS940, and FAS960

The following illustration shows the locations of the onboard ports, PCI slots, and AC connections on a FAS920, FAS940, and FAS960 in three configurations: single filer, clusters using NVRAM4 adapters, and MetroCluster. See the System Configuration Guide for details about slot assignments.

FAS900 series cluster and all FAS980 systems

The following illustration shows the locations of the onboard ports, PCI slots, and AC connections on a FAS900 series cluster and all configurations of the FAS980. See the System Configuration Guide for details about slot assignments.

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