Cable the hardware - AFF A70, AFF A90
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Cable your controllers and shelves according to your specific storage system configuration.
Check the illustration arrow in the cabling diagrams for the proper cable connector pull-tab orientation.
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As you insert the connector, you should feel it click into place; if you do not feel it click, remove it, turn the cable head over and try again.
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If connecting to an optical switch, insert the SFP into the controller port before cabling to the port.
Step 1: Cable controllers to your network
Cable the controllers to your network as either a two-node switchless cluster or a switched cluster.
Contact your network administrator for information about connecting the storage system to the switches.
These procedures show common configurations. Keep in mind that the specific cabling depends on the components ordered for your storage system. For comprehensive configuration and slot priority details, see NetApp Hardware Universe.
Cable your switchless cluster connections.
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Cable the Cluster/HA interconnect ports e1a to e1a and e7a to e7a with the Cluster/HA interconnect cable.
The cluster interconnect traffic and the HA traffic share the same physical ports. Cluster/HA interconnect cables
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Cable the Ethernet module ports to your host network.
The following are some typical host network cabling examples. See NetApp Hardware Universe for your specific system configuration.
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Cable ports e9a and e9b to your Ethernet data network switch as shown.
For maximum system performance for cluster and HA traffic, it is a best practice to not use ports e1b and e7b ports for host network connections. Use a separate host card to maximize performance. 100 GbE cable
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Cable your 10/25 GbE host network switches.
4-ports, 10/25 GbE Host
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Cable the controller management (wrench) ports to the management network switches with 1000BASE-T RJ-45 cables.
1000BASE-T RJ-45 cables
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DO NOT plug in the power cords yet. |
Cable your switched cluster connections.
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Make the following cabling connections:
The cluster interconnect traffic and the HA traffic share the same physical ports. -
Cable port e1a on Controller A and port e1a on Controller B to cluster network switch A.
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Cable port e7a on Controller A and port e7a on Controller B to cluster network switch B.
100 GbE cable
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Cable the Ethernet module ports to your host network.
The following are some typical host network cabling examples. See NetApp Hardware Universe for your specific system configuration.
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Cable ports e9a and e9b to your Ethernet data network switch as shown.
For maximum system performance for cluster and HA traffic, it is a best practice to not use ports e1b and e7b ports for host network connections. Use a separate host card to maximize performance. 100 GbE cable
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Cable your 10/25 GbE host network switches.
4-ports, 10/25 GbE Host
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Cable the controller management (wrench) ports to the management network switches with 1000BASE-T RJ-45 cables.
1000BASE-T RJ-45 cables
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DO NOT plug in the power cords yet. |
Step 2: Cable controllers to shelves
Cable your controllers to the shelf or shelves.
These procedures show how to cable your controllers to one shelf and to two shelves. You can connect your controllers to a maximum of four shelves.
Cable each controller to the NSM modules on the NS224 shelf. The graphics show cabling from each of the controllers: Controller A cabling in blue and Controller B cabling in yellow.
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Connect controller A port e11a to NSM A port e0a.
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Connect controller A port e11b to port NSM B port e0b.
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Connect controller B port e11a to NSM B port e0a.
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Connect controller B port e11b to NSM A port e0b.
Cable each controller to the NSM modules on both NS224 shelves. The graphics show cabling from each of the controllers: Controller A cabling in blue and Controller B cabling in yellow.
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On on controller A, cable the following connections:
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Connect port e11a to shelf 1, NSM A port e0a.
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Connect port e11b to shelf 2, NSM B port e0b.
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Connect port e8a to shelf 2, NSM A port e0a.
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Connect port e8b to shelf 1, NSM B port e0b.
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On controller B, cable the following connections:
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Connect port e11a to shelf 1, NSM B port e0a.
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Connect port e11b to shelf 2, NSM A port e0b.
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Connect port e8a to shelf 2, NSM B port e0a.
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Connect port e8b to shelf 1, NSM A port e0b.
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