EMC CX500 Initialization Guide - Page 35

Making Management and Switch or Host Connections Connecting a Fibre-Optic Switch or Fibre Channel Host Connect to your fibre-optic switch or Fibre Channel host as follows: 1. Remove the protective covers from each optical connector and cable. 2. Plug the cables into the SP front-end (FE) host ports. Figure 14 shows a CX700 SP, which has four host ports; a CX500 SP and a CX300 SP both have two ports that are marked FE 0 and FE 1. Port 3 Front-end Host Connectors Port 2 Port 1 Port 0 SP A SP B Port 3 Port 2 Port 1 Port 0 Front-end Host Connectors EMC2308 Figure 14 Connecting the Fibre-optic Switch/Host Cables (CX700 Shown) 3. Connect the other end of the Port 0 cable as follows: • For a direct attach configuration - to the host server's host bus adapter (HBA). If the HBA is not yet installed in the host server, use your device-specific documentation to install the HBA in your host, then connect the SP. • For a storage area network (SAN) configuration - to a Fibre Channel switch port. EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 Initialization Guide 35