FC-AL and Flash PCIe cables – Models 980, 98B

These tables show the point-to-point connections for FC-AL and Flash PCIe cables on a Model 980, with or without expansion racks. Flash enclosures that are shown here are HPFE (Gen1). For flash PCIe and SAS configurations with HPFE Gen2, refer to Flash PCIe and SAS cables – Models 980, 98B with HPFE Gen2.

Racks are shown with the maximum number of storage enclosures and device adapter cards. Your rack might contain fewer storage enclosures or device adapter cards.
Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the maximum number of racks in a storage facility with these rack models.

FC-AL cables

FC-AL cables and connectors are identified with two different color codes and a location designator:
1. A colored band, corresponding to the color code of the DA pair, is found on each end of the cable near the connector. These color codes are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2.
2. The connector itself is color coded to help prevent cross-cabling at the Fibre Channel interface card (FCIC) or device adapter card (DA) end. The connectors always appear in the following order:
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beige (T1), green (T2), black (T3), and blue (T4)	
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  as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4. This color code is specific to each FCIC or DA, and is independent of the DA pair color code.
3. A black or white label at each end of the cable shows a location designator (for example, 0A2). Both ends of the cable have the same location designator and DA pair color code. However, the connector at each end of the same cable usually does NOT have the same color code.
Location designators are in the form CTP, where:

C

Is the device adapter pair (0-7)

T

Is the port pair on the device adapter (A, B, C, D, a, b, c, d) (uppercase for left device adapter in pair, lowercase for right device adapter in pair).

P

Is the logical position of the downstream FCIC in the loop.

Example: 2a1 is the link between device adapter R1-XI4-C6-T1 and R1-G09-C1-T2.

2

Device adapter pair 2

a

First port pair on right adapter of device adapter pair (lowercase a)

1

First FCIC on loop of this port pair

The connector plugged into R1-XI4-C6-T1 (2a1) is beige, while the connector plugged into R1-G09-C1-T2 (2a1) is green.
Some connectors are for cables that would go to an optional expansion rack. In that case, only one instance of that designator is on the rack.
The black and white label at each end might have a physical location code in addition to the location designator.
- If the cable connects to an I/O enclosure device adapter card connector, the physical location code is similar to this example: R1-XC1-P1-C1-T1. Refer to I/O enclosure location codes (Models 98x) (not 983).
- If the cable connects to a storage enclosure Fibre Channel interface card, the physical location code is similar to this example: R1-G01-P1-C1-T1. Refer to Storage enclosure location codes (Models 961, 96E, FC/SAS, 12 and 24 drive slots).

Figure 3. FC-AL cable connector color codes - Fibre Channel interface card (FCIC) end

Figure 4. FC-AL cable connector color codes - device adapter card (DA) end

FC-AL cabling tables

Table 1 and Table 2 show a summary of FC-AL cabling for models 980 and 98B.

Table 3 and Table 4 show details of the FC-AL loops originating with Rack 1 device adapters (device adapter pairs 2 and 3, in normal installation order).

Table 5 and Table 6 show details of the FC-AL loops originating with Rack 2 device adapters (device adapter pairs 6, and 7, in normal installation order).

Note: Location designators are labeled as link in the following tables.

Table 1. FC-AL cabling summary - Rack 1 device adapters (Models 980, 98B)
From: DA pair	DA Pair (link)	To: Storage Enclosure	To: Storage Enclosure	To: Storage Enclosure	To: Storage Enclosure
R1-XI3-P1-C3-T1/T2 R1-XI4-P1-C6-T1/T2	2 (A) 2 (a)	R1-G09	R1-G07	R1-G05	R1-G03
R1-XI3-P1-C3-T3/T4 R1-XI4-P1-C6-T3/T4	2 (B) 2 (b)	R1-G10	R1-G08	R1-G06	R1-G04
R1-XI3-P1-C6-T1/T2 R1-XI4-P1-C3-T1/T2	3 (A) 3 (a)	R1-G01	R2-G11	R2-G09	R2-G07
R1-XI3-P1-C6-T3/T4 R1-XI4-P1-C3-T3/T4	3 (B) 3 (b)	R1-G02	R2-G12	R2-G10	R2-G08

Table 2. FC-AL cabling summary - Rack 2 device adapters (Models 980, 98B)
From: DA pair	DA Pair (link)	To: Storage Enclosure	To: Storage Enclosure	To: Storage Enclosure	To: Storage Enclosure
R2-XI3-P1-C3-T1/T2 R2-XI4-P1-C6-T1/T2	6 (A) 6 (a)	R2-G05	R2-G03	R2-G01	R3-G15
R2-XI3-P1-C3-T3/T4 R2-XI4-P1-C6-T3/T4	6 (B) 6 (b)	R2-G06	R2-G04	R2-G02	R3-G16
R2-XI3-P1-C6-T1/T2 R2-XI4-P1-C3-T1/T2	7 (A) 7 (a)	R3-G13	R3-G11	R3-G09	R3-G07
R2-XI3-P1-C6-T3/T4 R2-XI4-P1-C3-T3/T4	7 (B) 7 (b)	R3-G14	R3-G12	R3-G10	R3-G08

Table 3. FC-AL cabling matrix - DA pair 2 (Models 980, 98B)
From: DA	Link	To: FCIC	From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC
R1-XI3-P1-C3-T1	2A1	R1-G09-P1-C1-T1	R1-G09-P1-C1-T3	2A3	R1-G07-P1-C1-T1
R1-XI4-P1-C6-T1	2a1	R1-G09-P1-C1-T2	R1-G09-P1-C1-T4	2a3	R1-G07-P1-C1-T2
R1-XI3-P1-C3-T2	2A2	R1-G09-P1-C2-T1	R1-G09-P1-C2-T3	2A4	R1-G07-P1-C2-T1
R1-XI4-P1-C6-T2	2a2	R1-G09-P1-C2-T2	R1-G09-P1-C2-T4	2a4	R1-G07-P1-C2-T2
R1-XI3-P1-C3-T3	2B1	R1-G10-P1-C1-T1	R1-G10-P1-C1-T3	2B3	R1-G08-P1-C1-T1
R1-XI4-P1-C6-T3	2b1	R1-G10-P1-C1-T2	R1-G10-P1-C1-T4	2b3	R1-G08-P1-C1-T2
R1-XI3-P1-C3-T4	2B2	R1-G10-P1-C2-T1	R1-G10-P1-C2-T3	2B4	R1-G08-P1-C2-T1
R1-XI4-P1-C6-T4	2b2	R1-G10-P1-C2-T2	R1-G10-P1-C2-T4	2b4	R1-G08-P1-C2-T2
From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC	From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC
R1-G07-P1-C1-T3	2A5	R1-G05-P1-C1-T1	R1-G05-P1-C1-T3	2A7	R1-G03-P1-C1-T1
R1-G07-P1-C1-T4	2a5	R1-G05-P1-C1-T2	R1-G05-P1-C1-T4	2a7	R1-G03-P1-C1-T2
R1-G07-P1-C2-T3	2A6	R1-G05-P1-C2-T1	R1-G05-P1-C2-T3	2A8	R1-G03-P1-C2-T1
R1-G07-P1-C2-T4	2a6	R1-G05-P1-C2-T2	R1-G05-P1-C2-T4	2a8	R1-G03-P1-C2-T2
R1-G08-P1-C1-T3	2B5	R1-G06-P1-C1-T1	R1-G06-P1-C1-T3	2B7	R1-G04-P1-C1-T1
R1-G08-P1-C1-T4	2b5	R1-G06-P1-C1-T2	R1-G06-P1-C1-T4	2b7	R1-G04-P1-C1-T2
R1-G08-P1-C2-T3	2B6	R1-G06-P1-C2-T1	R1-G06-P1-C2-T3	2B8	R1-G04-P1-C2-T1
R1-G08-P1-C2-T4	2b6	R1-G06-P1-C2-T2	R1-G06-P1-C2-T4	2b8	R1-G04-P1-C2-T2

Table 4. FC-AL cabling matrix - DA pair 3 (Models 980, 98B)
From: DA	Link	To: FCIC	From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC
R1-XI3-P1-C6-T1	3A1	R1-G01-P1-C1-T1	R1-G01-P1-C1-T3	3A3	R2-G11-P1-C1-T1
R1-XI4-P1-C3-T1	3a1	R1-G01-P1-C1-T2	R1-G01-P1-C1-T4	3a3	R2-G11-P1-C1-T2
R1-XI3-P1-C6-T2	3A2	R1-G01-P1-C2-T1	R1-G01-P1-C2-T3	3A4	R2-G11-P1-C2-T1
R1-XI4-P1-C3-T2	3a2	R1-G01-P1-C2-T2	R1-G01-P1-C2-T4	3a4	R2-G11-P1-C2-T2
R1-XI3-P1-C6-T3	3B1	R1-G02-P1-C1-T1	R1-G02-P1-C1-T3	3B3	R2-G12-P1-C1-T1
R1-XI4-P1-C3-T3	3b1	R1-G02-P1-C1-T2	R1-G02-P1-C1-T4	3b3	R2-G12-P1-C1-T2
R1-XI3-P1-C6-T4	3B2	R1-G02-P1-C2-T1	R1-G02-P1-C2-T3	3B4	R2-G12-P1-C2-T1
R1-XI4-P1-C3-T4	3b2	R1-G02-P1-C2-T2	R1-G02-P1-C2-T4	3b4	R2-G12-P1-C2-T2
From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC	From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC
R2-G11-P1-C1-T3	3A5	R2-G09-P1-C1-T1	R2-G09-P1-C1-T3	3A7	R2-G07-P1-C1-T1
R2-G11-P1-C1-T4	3a5	R2-G09-P1-C1-T2	R2-G09-P1-C1-T4	3a7	R2-G07-P1-C1-T2
R2-G11-P1-C2-T3	3A6	R2-G09-P1-C2-T1	R2-G09-P1-C2-T3	3A8	R2-G07-P1-C2-T1
R2-G11-P1-C2-T4	3a6	R2-G09-P1-C2-T2	R2-G09-P1-C2-T4	3a8	R2-G07-P1-C2-T2
R2-G12-P1-C1-T3	3B5	R2-G10-P1-C1-T1	R2-G10-P1-C1-T3	3B7	R2-G08-P1-C1-T1
R2-G12-P1-C1-T4	3b5	R2-G10-P1-C1-T2	R2-G10-P1-C1-T4	3b7	R2-G08-P1-C1-T2
R2-G12-P1-C2-T3	3B6	R2-G10-P1-C2-T1	R2-G10-P1-C2-T3	3B8	R2-G08-P1-C2-T1
R2-G12-P1-C2-T4	3b6	R2-G10-P1-C2-T2	R2-G10-P1-C2-T4	3b8	R2-G08-P1-C2-T2

Table 5. FC-AL cabling matrix - DA pair 6 (Models 980, 98B)
From: DA	Link	To: FCIC	From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC
R2-XI3-P1-C3-T1	6A1	R2-G05-P1-C1-T1	R2-G05-P1-C1-T3	6A3	R2-G03-P1-C1-T1
R2-XI4-P1-C6-T1	6a1	R2-G05-P1-C1-T2	R2-G05-P1-C1-T4	6a3	R2-G03-P1-C1-T2
R2-XI3-P1-C3-T2	6A2	R2-G05-P1-C2-T1	R2-G05-P1-C2-T3	6A4	R2-G03-P1-C2-T1
R2-XI4-P1-C6-T2	6a2	R2-G05-P1-C2-T2	R2-G05-P1-C2-T4	6a4	R2-G03-P1-C2-T2
R2-XI3-P1-C3-T3	6B1	R2-G06-P1-C1-T1	R2-G06-P1-C1-T3	6B3	R2-G04-P1-C1-T1
R2-XI4-P1-C6-T3	6b1	R2-G06-P1-C1-T2	R2-G06-P1-C1-T4	6b3	R2-G04-P1-C1-T2
R2-XI3-P1-C3-T4	6B2	R2-G06-P1-C2-T1	R2-G06-P1-C2-T3	6B4	R2-G04-P1-C2-T1
R2-XI4-P1-C6-T4	6b2	R2-G06-P1-C2-T2	R2-G06-P1-C2-T4	6b4	R2-G04-P1-C2-T2
From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC	From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC
R2-G03-P1-C1-T3	6A5	R2-G01-P1-C1-T1	R2-G01-P1-C1-T3	6A7	R3-G15-P1-C1-T1
R2-G03-P1-C1-T4	6a5	R2-G01-P1-C1-T2	R2-G01-P1-C1-T4	6a7	R3-G15-P1-C1-T2
R2-G03-P1-C2-T3	6A6	R2-G01-P1-C2-T1	R2-G01-P1-C2-T3	6A8	R3-G15-P1-C2-T1
R2-G03-P1-C2-T4	6a6	R2-G01-P1-C2-T2	R2-G01-P1-C2-T4	6a8	R3-G15-P1-C2-T2
R2-G04-P1-C1-T3	6B5	R2-G02-P1-C1-T1	R2-G02-P1-C1-T3	6B7	R3-G16-P1-C1-T1
R2-G04-P1-C1-T4	6b5	R2-G02-P1-C1-T2	R2-G02-P1-C1-T4	6b7	R3-G16-P1-C1-T2
R2-G04-P1-C2-T3	6B6	R2-G02-P1-C2-T1	R2-G02-P1-C2-T3	6B8	R3-G16-P1-C2-T1
R2-G04-P1-C2-T4	6b6	R2-G02-P1-C2-T2	R2-G02-P1-C2-T4	6b8	R3-G16-P1-C2-T2

Table 6. FC-AL cabling matrix - DA pair 7 (Models 980, 98B)
From: DA	Link	To: FCIC	From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC
R2-XI3-P1-C6-T1	7A1	R3-G13-P1-C1-T1	R3-G13-P1-C1-T3	7A3	R3-G11-P1-C1-T1
R2-XI4-P1-C3-T1	7a1	R3-G13-P1-C1-T2	R3-G13-P1-C1-T4	7a3	R3-G11-P1-C1-T2
R2-XI3-P1-C6-T2	7A2	R3-G13-P1-C2-T1	R3-G13-P1-C2-T3	7A4	R3-G11-P1-C2-T1
R2-XI4-P1-C3-T2	7a2	R3-G13-P1-C2-T2	R3-G13-P1-C2-T4	7a4	R3-G11-P1-C2-T2
R2-XI3-P1-C6-T3	7B1	R3-G14-P1-C1-T1	R3-G14-P1-C1-T3	7B3	R3-G12-P1-C1-T1
R2-XI4-P1-C3-T3	7b1	R3-G14-P1-C1-T2	R3-G14-P1-C1-T4	7b3	R3-G12-P1-C1-T2
R2-XI3-P1-C6-T4	7B2	R3-G14-P1-C2-T1	R3-G14-P1-C2-T3	7B4	R3-G12-P1-C2-T1
R2-XI4-P1-C3-T4	7b2	R3-G14-P1-C2-T2	R3-G14-P1-C2-T4	7b4	R3-G12-P1-C2-T2
From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC	From: FCIC	Link	To: FCIC
R3-G11-P1-C1-T3	7A5	R3-G09-P1-C1-T1	R3-G09-P1-C1-T3	7A7	R3-G07-P1-C1-T1
R3-G11-P1-C1-T4	7a5	R3-G09-P1-C1-T2	R3-G09-P1-C1-T4	7a7	R3-G07-P1-C1-T2
R3-G11-P1-C2-T3	7A6	R3-G09-P1-C2-T1	R3-G09-P1-C2-T3	7A8	R3-G07-P1-C2-T1
R3-G11-P1-C2-T4	7a6	R3-G09-P1-C2-T2	R3-G09-P1-C2-T4	7a8	R3-G07-P1-C2-T2
R3-G12-P1-C1-T3	7B5	R3-G10-P1-C1-T1	R3-G10-P1-C1-T3	7B7	R3-G08-P1-C1-T1
R3-G12-P1-C1-T4	7b5	R3-G10-P1-C1-T2	R3-G10-P1-C1-T4	7b7	R3-G08-P1-C1-T2
R3-G12-P1-C2-T3	7B6	R3-G10-P1-C2-T1	R3-G10-P1-C2-T3	7B8	R3-G08-P1-C2-T1
R3-G12-P1-C2-T4	7b6	R3-G10-P1-C2-T2	R3-G10-P1-C2-T4	7b8	R3-G08-P1-C2-T2

Flash PCIe Cables

Flash PCIe cables and connectors are identified with a colored band matching the DA pair and two different color codes:
- A colored band, corresponding to the color code of the DA pair, is found on each end of the cable near the connector. These color codes are shown in Figure 1.
- The connector is color-coded to help prevent cross-cabling at the RAID controller card or I/O enclosure PCIe and PCN card end. Connectors on cables attaching to Rx-Bxx-P1-C1-T3 have white labels with black text, and connectors on cables attaching to Rx-Bxx-P1-C2-T3 have black labels with white text. An example of this showing both cables attaching to an enclosure is shown in Figure 5. This alternating color scheme is the same for all Flash PCIe cables, and is independent of the DA pair color code. Figure 6 and Figure 7 show the Flash PCIe cable connection ends.
The black and white label at each end has a physical location code showing the "FROM" and "TO" end.
- If the cable connects to an I/O enclosure device adapter card connector, the physical location code is similar to this example: R1-XI3-P1-C7-T5. Refer to I/O enclosure location codes (Models 98x) (not 983).
- If the cable connects to a storage enclosure RAID controller card, the physical location code is similar to this example: R1-B04-P1-C1-T3. Refer to Storage enclosure location codes (Models 98x, PCIe flash enclosure, 30 SSD slots, 1.8 inches).

Flash PCIe cable connector example; both cables are shown and actual values might not match this machine model — Figure 5. Flash PCIe cable connector example. Both cables are shown and actual values might not match this machine model.

RAID controller card connections — Figure 6. Flash PCIe cable connector - RAID controller card end (P1-C1-T3 / P1-C2-T3)

Flash PCIe cabling tables

Table 7 and Table 8 show a summary of Flash PCIe cabling for models 980 and 98B single-phase power.

Table 9 shows details of the Flash PCIe cabling with Rack 1 high-performance flash enclosures (device adapter pairs 18 and 19, in normal installation order).

Table 10 shows details of the Flash PCIe cabling with Rack 2 high-performance flash enclosures (device adapter pairs 22 and 23, in normal installation order).

Note: Location designators are labeled as link in the following tables.

Table 7. Flash PCIe cabling summary – Rack 1 device adapters (Models 980, 98B single-phase power)
From DA pair	DA pair (link)	To storage enclosure
R1-XI3-P1-C7-T5 R1-XI4-P1-C7-T6	18 (A) 18 (B)	R1-B04
R1-XI4-P1-C7-T5 R1-XI3-P1-C7-T6	19 (A) 19 (B)	R1-B02

Table 8. Flash PCIe cabling summary – Rack 2 device adapters (Models 980, 98B single-phase power)
From DA pair	DA pair (link)	To storage enclosure
R2-XI3-P1-C7-T5 R2-XI4-P1-C7-T6	22 (A) 22 (B)	R2-B04
R2-XI4-P1-C7-T5 R2-XI3-P1-C7-T6	23 (A) 23 (B)	R2-B02

Table 9. Flash PCIe cabling matrix – Rack 1 (Models 980, 98B single-phase power)
From DA	Link	To RAID controller card
R1-XI3-P1-C7-T5	18A	R1-B04-P1-C1-T3
R1-XI4-P1-C7-T6	18B	R1-B04-P1-C2-T3
R1-XI4-P1-C7-T5	19A	R1-B02-P1-C1-T3
R1-XI3-P1-C7-T6	19B	R1-B02-P1-C2-T3

Table 10. Flash PCIe cabling matrix – Rack 2 (Models 980, 98B single-phase power)
From DA	Link	To RAID controller card
R2-XI3-P1-C7-T5	22A	R2-B04-P1-C1-T3
R2-XI4-P1-C7-T6	22B	R2-B04-P1-C2-T3
R2-XI4-P1-C7-T5	23A	R2-B02-P1-C1-T3
R2-XI3-P1-C7-T6	23B	R2-B02-P1-C2-T3