Dual-Controller Ds3500 Sas Connection To; Multiple Dual-Controller Ds3500S Sas Connection To Multiple Hosts Using Two Using Two Separate Sas Switches - IBM DS3500 Installation, User's, And Maintenance Manual

own group of connections. This is also the configuration to use for dual-node cluster configuration. The
illustration Figure 3-38 shows the host server connects to multiple DS3500s via two separate SAS
switches.
Host system
with two SAS
host adapter
SAS switch
DS3500
with Dual-
controller
Figure 3-37. Dual-controller DS3500 SAS connection to multiple hosts using two separate SAS switches
Host system
with two SAS
host adapter
SAS switch
DS3500
with Dual-
controller
Figure 3-38. Multiple dual-controller DS3500s SAS connection to multiple hosts using two using two separate SAS
switches
The illustration Figure 3-39 on page 3-34 shows the connections from the host server to the
dual-controller DS3500 using two SAS switches that are connected together via an inter-switch link.
Host system
with two SAS
host adapter
SAS switch
Host system
with two SAS
host adapter
SAS switch
DS3500
with Dual-
controller
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