Install and Cable the Hardware

1. Unpack, place, and level your storage array.

   For the procedure about how to unpack, place, and level your storage array, see Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Hardware Installation Guide, v1.0.

2. (Optional) If you do not have a Fibre Channel (FC) switch installed, install it for the storage array.

   For the procedure about how to install an FC switch, see the documentation that shipped with your FC switch hardware.

3. Connect the nodes.

   • (Direct-Attached Configuration) To see how to connect each node to the host ports on the array, see Figure 2–1.

   • (SAN Configuration) To see how to connect the nodes to the ports of the FC switches, see Figure 2–2.

   For instructions, see Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Hardware Installation Guide, v1.0.

4. Install the storage array.

   For instructions, see Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Hardware Installation Guide, v1.0.

5. Power on the storage array nodes, and if necessary, the FC switches.

   For instructions, see Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Hardware Installation Guide, v1.0.