Connecting Storage Enclosures; Xr 6500 Wiring Diagrams - HP Z800 Hardware Setup Manual

Connecting Storage Enclosures

The following diagrams illustrate how to cable XR-series hardware RAID storage enclosures. Cable your
storage exactly as illustrated to ensure proper functionality.
Note that the XR 6500 series and XR 6412 series storage assemblies do not support configurations with two
XR RAID enclosures.
WARNING Do not power on your storage before installing Linux, otherwise the Red Hat installer might attempt
to format the storage array and use it as the system disk.

XR 6500 Wiring Diagrams

The following diagrams illustrate 2-loop and 4-loops connections for XR 6500 series storage assemblies.
A XR 6500 RAID enclosure supports a maximum of seven XE expansion enclosures.
Single XR 6500 RAID enclosure, 2 loops
To FC adapter on workstation / LMS (port 1)
To FC adapter (port 2)
XR RAID Enclosure
XE (EBOD)_Expansion Enclosure
XE (EBOD) Expansion Enclosure
XE (EBOD) Expansion Enclosure
XE (EBOD) Expansion Enclosure
Cabling for additional enclosures
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HOST 1 HOST 0
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1/2 1/2
1/2 1/2
4 4
8 8
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