HBA Slot and Port Usage for Supported Configurations

Based on the replication configuration, HBAs are installed in the PCIe slots of the Replication Engine.

The following table shows the number of HBAs that must be installed for the various configurations:
Table 1 Number of HBAs required based on configuration type

Configuration

Number of HBAs

Dual port 8 Gb/s FC

Dual port 10 Gb/s RJ45

Dual port 10 Gb/s SFP

iSCSI configuration using RJ45 connectors

0

2

0

iSCSI configuration using SFP or optical connectors

0

0

3

FC configuration

2

0

0

FC and iSCSI configuration using RJ45 connectors

2

2

0

FC and iSCSI configuration using optical or SFP connectors

2

0

3

Note: A Replication Engine can have two dual port 10 Gb/s RJ45 HBA or three dual port 10 Gb/s SFP HBA.