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Cable the hardware - FAS50

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After you install your FAS50 storage system hardware, cable the controllers to the network and shelves.

Before you begin

Contact your network administrator for information about connecting the storage system to your network switches.

About this task

  • The cluster/HA and host network cabling 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.

  • The cabling graphics have arrow icons showing the proper orientation (up or down) of the cable connector pull-tab when inserting a connector into a port.

    As you insert the connector, you should feel it click into place; if you do not feel it click, remove it, turn it over and try again.

    Cable pull tab direction

  • If cabling to an optical switch, insert the optical transceiver into the controller port before cabling to the switch port.

Step 1: Cable the cluster/HA connections

Cable the controllers to create the ONTAP cluster connections.

Switchless cluster cabling
FAS50 with one 2-port 40/100 GbE I/O module
Steps

  1. Cable the Cluster/HA interconnect connections:

    Note The cluster interconnect traffic and the HA traffic share the same physical ports (on the I/O module in slot 4). The ports are 40/100 GbE.

    1. Cable controller A port e4a to controller B port e4a.

    2. Cable controller A port e4b to controller B port e4b.

      100 GbE Cluster/HA interconnect cables

      Cluster HA 100 GbE cable
      fas50 switchless cluster cabling diagram using one 100gbe io module
Switched cluster cabling
FAS50 with one 2-port 40/100 GbE I/O module

  1. Cable the controllers to the cluster network switches:

    Note The cluster interconnect traffic and the HA traffic share the same physical ports(on the I/O module in slot 4). The ports are 40/100 GbE.

    1. Cable controller A port e4a to cluster network switch A.

    2. Cable controller A port e4b to cluster network switch B.

    3. Cable controller B port e4a to cluster network switch A.

    4. Cable controller B port e4b to cluster network switch B.

      40/100 GbE Cluster/HA interconnect cables

      Cluster HA 40/100 GbE cable

      fas50 switched cluster cabling diagram using one 100gbe io module

Step 2: Cable the host network connections

Cable the controllers to your Ethernet or FC host network.

Ethernet host cabling
FAS50 with one 4-port 10/25 GbE I/O module
Steps

  1. On each controller, cable ports e2a, e2b, e2c and e2d to the Ethernet host network switches.

    10/25 GbE cables

    GbE SFP copper connector

    cable fas50 to 10/25gbe ethernet host network switches
FC host cabling
FAS50 with one 4-port 64 Gb/s FC I/O module
Steps

  1. On each controller, cable ports 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d to the FC host network switches.

    64 Gb/s FC cables

    64 Gb fc cable

    Cable to 64gb fc host network switches

Step 3: Cable the management network connections

Cable the controllers to your management network.

  1. Cable the management (wrench) ports on each controller to the management network switches.

    1000BASE-T RJ-45 cables

    RJ-45 cables
    Connect to your management network
Important Do not plug in the power cords yet.

Step 4: Cable the shelf connections

The following procedures show how to cable the controllers to one or two DS460C shelves.

About this task
Option 1: One DS460C shelf

Cable each controller to each IOM12 module on the DS460C shelf.

Steps

  1. Cable controller A to the shelf:

    1. Cable controller A port 3a to IOMA port 1.

    2. Cable controller A port 3d to IOMB port 3.

      Controller A ports 3a and 3d cabled to one DS460C shelf

  2. Cable controller B to the shelf:

    1. Cable controller B port 3a to IOMB port 1.

    2. Cable controller B port 3d to IOMA port 3.

      Controller B ports 3a and 3d cabled to one DS460C shelf

Option 2: Two DS460C shelves

Connect each controller to the IOM12 modules on both DS460C shelves.

  1. Cable the shelf-to-shelf connections:

    1. Cable Shelf 1 IOMA port 3 to Shelf 2 IOMA port 1.

    2. Cable Shelf 1 IOMB port 3 to Shelf 2 IOMB port 1.

      cable shelf to shelf connections

  2. Cable controller A to the shelves:

    1. Cable controller A port 3a to shelf 1 IOMA port 1.

    2. Cable controller A port 3d to shelf 2 IOMB port 3.

      Controller A ports 3a and 3d cabled to two DS460C shelves

  3. Cable controller B to the shelves:

    1. Cable controller B port 3a to shelf 1 IOMB port 1.

    2. Cable controller B port 3d to shelf 2 IOMA port 3.

      Controller B ports 3a and 3d cabled to two DS460C shelves

What's next?

After you’ve cabled the hardware for your storage system, you power on the storage system.