Promise Technology VTRAK E610f Quick Start Manual page 19

Configuring JBOD Expansion
To expand the number of disk drives:
1. Connect the SAS expansion port on the E610f or E310f controller to the CN2
port (with a diamond icon) on the I/O module of the first J610s or J310s unit.
See Figure 14.
2. Connect CN1 port (with a circle icon) on the first J310s unit to the CN2 port
(with a diamond icon) on the I/O module of the next J610s or J310s unit.
3. Connect the remaining J610s or J310s units in the same manner.
Be sure to connect circle icon to diamond icon or vice versa.
You can combine J610s and J310s units in the JBOD expansion.
Figure 14. JBOD data connections. The E310f and J310s are shown. The
E610f and J610s are similar
FC Switch
SAS Connector
You can expand a SAN system with no single point of failure. See Figure 15.
Such an arrangement requires:
• Two Fibre Channel switches
• Two Fibre Channel HBA cards in each Host PC or Server
• A network switch (not shown)
• A network interface card (NIC) in each Host PC or Server
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections
E310f
FC 1
J310s
CN1
J310s
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Mgmt FC Connector
UPS
FC 2
4 4
2 2
1 1
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CN2
115200
8 N 1
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CN2
115200
8 N 1