External Tape Drive Support For Dell Hba355E Adapter; Internal Tape Drive Support For Dell Hba355I Adapter And Dell Hba350I Adapter - Dell HBA355e User Manual

Table 3. Port support matrix for dual path on the ME484 enclosure (continued)
Serial Port 0
number connected Yes/
No
5 Yes
6 No

External tape drive support for Dell HBA355e Adapter

Dell HBA355e Adapter supports external tape drives.
External tape drive topology rules for Dell HBA355e Adapter are:
● A maximum of four tape drives are supported if external LT06/7/8 are connected.
● Each port supports a maximum of one tape drive.
● Multipath configurations are not supported.
● Mixing of tape drives with ME (ME484) or MD (MD1420 or MD1400) enclosures on the same controller is not supported.
Internal tape drive support for Dell HBA355i Adapter
and Dell HBA350i Adapter
HBA355i Adapter and HBA350i Adapter support one tape drive (LT06/7/8).
Dell HBA355i Adapter, Dell HBA355i Front, Dell HBA355e Adapter, Dell HBA350i MX, and Dell HBA350i Adapter
Port 1 Port 2
connected connected
Yes/No Yes/No
Yes No
No Yes
Port 3 Dual path support on same ME484
connected Yes/ enclosure Yes/No
No
No Yes
Yes Yes
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