Ds5100 And Ds5300 Ports And Controllers With Iscsi Host Connections; Ds5100 And Ds5300 Drive Ports And Drive Channels - IBM DS5100 Installation, User's, And Maintenance Manual

Drive channel
Drive ports
Controller A
iSCSI host ports
1 2
Controller B
Ethernet ports
Figure 50. DS5100 and DS5300 ports and controllers with iSCSI host connections
Table 21 provides a list of the drive channels that are associated with each of the
controller drive ports.
Table 21. DS5100 and DS5300 drive ports and drive channels
Drive Channel Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Note: In the following drive cabling figures, the DS5100 and DS5300 graphics are
simplified to show only the drive ports of each controller. In addition, the
storage expansion enclosures are simplified to show only the ESM FC ports.
The following sections show some of the supported cabling configurations.
v "One DS5100 and DS5300 and one EXP5000 storage expansion enclosure" on
page 80
v "One DS5100 and DS5300 and two EXP5000 storage expansion enclosures" on
page 81
Drive channel
1 3
Drive channel Drive channel
2
1
2 1 2 3 4
Drive channel Drive channel
5
Drive channel
6
Controller
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
Chapter 3. Cabling the storage subsystem
4
Ethernet ports
iSCSI host ports
1
5 6 7 8
Drive ports
7
Drive channel
8
Drive Port Numbers
8 and 7
6 and 5
4 and 3
2 and 1
1 and 2
3 and 4
5 and 6
7 and 8
2
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