18Chapter 2: ASUS Storage InstallationMaking Data and Management ConnectionsYou can configure your ASUS Storage for:• Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage (DAS), see below• Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) (page 21)• iSCSI Direct Attached Storage (DAS) (page 24)• iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) (page 27)• SAS JBOD Expansion (page 30)• SAS JBOD Expansion (page 30)ImportantFor a list of supported FC HBAs, Switches and SFPs, downloadthe latest compatibility list from the ASUS support web sitehttp://support.asus.com/.ASUS Storage does not support cascading of multiple RAIDsubsystems. Cascading is planned for a future release.Fibre Channel Direct Attached Storage (DAS)This arrangement requires:• A Fibre Channel (FC) interface card in the Host PC• At least one FC transceiver for each ASUS Storage subsystem• A network interface card (NIC) in the Host PC• A standard network switchNoteASUS Storage Fibre Channel subsystems also have two (2)Ethernet RJ45 iSCSI Port connectors. See ―iSCSI Direct AttachedStorage (DAS)‖ on page 24 for connection instructions.Data PathThe ASUS Storage DS300f controller has two (2) FC Port connectors and one(1) SFF-8088 SAS Expansion Port connector. See page 19, Figure 7.To establish the data path:1. Install an FC transceiver into the FC data port on the ASUS Storagecontroller.See page 20, Figure 8.
