System connectivity requirements

Types of connectivity

Your system requires the following types of connections:

Fibre Channel--Connects your appliance to disk shelves, Fibre Channel switches, tape backup devices, and to other storage devices.
Ethernet--Connects your appliance to an Ethernet network through the following media:
- Copper
- Fiber
  Note
  For ATM and DAFS network connectivity, see your platform hardware guide.

Your appliance connects to disk shelves, Fibre Channel switches, tape backup devices, and other storage through onboard ports or adapter ports.

Dual

LC or SC

50 micron or 62.5 micron multimode fiber optic

Your appliance connects to a GbE network through either onboard ports or GbE NICs, which support either copper or fiber cabling.

The cabling and network requirements are for GbE networks using copper cabling.

Single-port, dual-port, quad-port

RJ-45 for all

Category 5 or Category 5E unshielded four-pair cable for 10/100-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-TX

Note
Category 5 cables that do not have four-pair wires do not work properly with 10/100-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-TX speed networks.

100m

The following cabling and network requirements are for GbE networks using optical cabling.

Single-port and dual-port

LC connector

550m for 50 micron--500 MHz BW with 850 nm MM laser
220m for 62.5 micron--160 MHz BW with 850 nm MM laser
275m for 62.5 micron--200 MHz BW with 850 nm MM laser
Note
Some earlier versions of fiber NICs have SC connectors.