iSCSIandFibreChannelConfigurationGuideNetworkAppliance,Inc.495EastJavaDriveSunnyvale,CA94089USATelephone:+1(408)822-6000Fax:+1(408)822-4501Supporttelephone:+1(888)4-NETAPPDocumentationcomments:doccomments@netapp.comInformationWeb::TueSep1107:14:032007ContentsIntroductiontotheiSCSIandFibreChannelConfigurationGuide..................................................................................7Importantterms..............................................................................................................7Audience........................................................................................................................8Command,keyboard,andtypographicconventions......................................................8Specialmessages...........................................................................................................9iSCSItopologies............................................................................................11Dualnetworkactive/activeconfigurationinaniSCSISAN........................................11Singlenetworkactive/activeconfigurationinaniSCSISAN.....................................12Direct-attachedsinglecontrollerconfigurationsinaniSCSISAN............................13VLANs.........................................................................................................................14StaticVLANs...................................................................................................15DynamicVLANs.............................................................................................15Fibrechanneltopologies...............................................................................17FibreChannelsupportedhopcount.............................................................................17Thecfmodesetting......................................................................................................18FAS6000supportedtopologies....................................................................................18FAS6000targetportconfigurationrecommendations.....................................19FAS6000-Dualfabricactive/activeconfiguration,twoonboard2GbFCadapters.........................................................................19FAS6000-Dualfabricactive/activeconfiguration,fouronboard2GbFCadapters.........................................................................20FAS6000-Dualfabricactive/activeconfiguration,eightonboard2GbFCadapters..........................................................................22FAS6000-Singlefabricactive/activeconfiguration,twoonboard2GbFCadapters.........................................................................23FAS6000-Singlefabricactive/activeconfiguration,oneonboard2GbFCadapter...........................................................................24FAS6000-Singlefabricsingle-controllerconfiguration,onetoeightonboard2GbFCadapters.....................................................26FAS6000-Dualfabricactive/activeconfiguration,two4GbFCexpansionadapters.........................................................................27TableofContents|3FAS6000-Dualfabricactive/activeconfiguration,one4GbFCexpansionadapter...........................................................................28FAS6000-Dualfabricactive/activeconfiguration,four4GbFCexpansionadapters.........................................................................29FAS6000-Singlefabricactive/activeconfiguration,two4GbFCexpansionadapters.........................................................................31FAS6000-Singlefabricsingle-controllerconfiguration,onetoeight4GbFCexpansionadapters..................................................32FAS6000-Direct-attachedactive/activeconfiguration,one4GbFCexpansionadapter........................................................................33FAS6000-Direct-attachedactive/activeconfiguration,oneonboard2GbFCadapter...........................................................................34FAS6000-Direct-attachedsingle-controllerconfiguration,4Gbor2GbFCadapters..........................................................................35FAS3000supportedtopologies....................................................................................36FAS3000targetportconfigurationrecommendations.....................................37FAS3040andFAS3070supportedtopologies.................................................37FAS3020andFAS3050supportedtopologies.................................................49FAS2000supportedtopologies....................................................................................64FAS2020AandFAS2050Asupportedtopologies...........................................65FAS2020andFAS2050supportedtopologies.................................................69FAS270supportedtopologies......................................................................................72FAS270c-Dualfabricactive/acti