Connecting a Single Chassis with a Single SSC

This section illustrates the topology of a single-chassis single-SSC I-Fabric, and provides the procedure for connecting the I-Fabric components.

The SSC must be installed in chassis slot SSC0 for a single chassis, single SSC configuration. The Provisioning Server software cannot configure and provision the server blades if the SSC is installed in SSC1.

Figure 3–3 Single Chassis With a Single SSC and no External Switch

To Connect A Single Chassis With a Single SSC to the Control Plane Server

Steps

1. Connect the NETMGT port of SSC0 to the eri0 port of the control plane server with 100 base T copper Ethernet cable.

2. Connect the NETP0 port of SSC0 to the ce0/skge0 port of the control plane server with 1000 base T copper Ethernet cable.

3. Connect the NETP7 port of SSC0 to the external network with 1000 base T copper Ethernet cable. Farms are accessed through the NETP7 connection.

4. Connect the eri1 port of the control plane server to your internal network switch with 100 base T copper Ethernet cable.

5. Connect the Control Center Management PC NIC port to the internal network switch.

   The type of cable depends on the capacity of the PC NIC and the network switch ports.

6. If you have chosen to install the image server as a separate machine, connect the image server ports as follows.

   1. Connect the NETP1 port of SSC0 to the NIC port of the image server machine

      Use a cable appropriate for the type of interface card installed in the image server: 100 base T copper for a 10/100 base T NIC, and 1000 base T copper for a gigabyte-capable NIC.

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      Note –

      If you have chosen to install the N1 image server on a separate machine, install a gigabyte-capable card such as the Sun GigaSwift NIC or the SysKonnect NIC in the image server machine.

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   2. If you have a separate image server machine, connect the eri0 port of the image server to your internal network switch with 100 base T copper Ethernet cable.