Installing the Fibre Channel Cards

Follow these steps to install the Fibre Channel Cards prior to installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Step	Task
1	Install the Fibre Channel card (following the manufacturer’s instructions).
2	Attach the Fibre Channel Shortwave cable to the HBA card in the server, and the disk array (or Fibre switch).
3	Disable the ports on the Fibre switch.
4	Repeat these steps for each cluster member.