topic Re: Cabling FAS3140 Cluster with 3 FC disk shelves. in Active IQ Unified Manager Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Cabling-FAS3140-Cluster-with-3-FC-disk-shelves/m-p/7098#M1601 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are some guidelines in general for connecting new loops:</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/hardware/filer/html/ds14hwsv/appa5.htm" target="_blank">http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/hardware/filer/html/ds14hwsv/appa5.htm</A></P><P></P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><UL><LI>f you have an available dual-port and an available quad-port&nbsp; adapter, the dual-port adapter should be used first. <A name="1171388" target="_blank"> </A> </LI><LI>If you only have an available quad-port adapter and you are&nbsp; hot-adding a single loop of disk shelves, then Ports A and B are defined&nbsp; as a port pair and Ports C and D are defined as a port pair. For the&nbsp; purposes of incorporating redundancy, Module A connects to Port A or&nbsp; Port B and Module B connects to Port C or Port D. </LI></UL></PRE></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:26:42 GMT pascalduk 2010-04-14T06:26:42Z Cabling FAS3140 Cluster with 3 FC disk shelves. https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Cabling-FAS3140-Cluster-with-3-FC-disk-shelves/m-p/7093#M1600 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a document for best practise on how to cable FAS3140(quad ports) cluster with 3 FC disk shelves.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:15:41 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Cabling-FAS3140-Cluster-with-3-FC-disk-shelves/m-p/7093#M1600 luke_tikare 2025-06-05T07:15:41Z Re: Cabling FAS3140 Cluster with 3 FC disk shelves. https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Cabling-FAS3140-Cluster-with-3-FC-disk-shelves/m-p/7098#M1601 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are some guidelines in general for connecting new loops:</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/hardware/filer/html/ds14hwsv/appa5.htm" target="_blank">http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/hardware/filer/html/ds14hwsv/appa5.htm</A></P><P></P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><UL><LI>f you have an available dual-port and an available quad-port&nbsp; adapter, the dual-port adapter should be used first. <A name="1171388" target="_blank"> </A> </LI><LI>If you only have an available quad-port adapter and you are&nbsp; hot-adding a single loop of disk shelves, then Ports A and B are defined&nbsp; as a port pair and Ports C and D are defined as a port pair. For the&nbsp; purposes of incorporating redundancy, Module A connects to Port A or&nbsp; Port B and Module B connects to Port C or Port D. </LI></UL></PRE></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:26:42 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/Cabling-FAS3140-Cluster-with-3-FC-disk-shelves/m-p/7098#M1601 pascalduk 2010-04-14T06:26:42Z