Single Controller, Single Enclosure, Low Profile Sas - Dell SC8000 Deployment Manual

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Chain 1: Side A 1 Connect the first controller port 1 to the first enclosure, top EMM, port A.
Chain 1: Side B 1 Connect the first controller port 3 to the last enclosure, bottom EMM, port B.
Note: The cabling illustrations in this chapter refer to enclosures as Enclosure 1,
Enclosure 2, and so on. The numbers shown in the illustrations may not match the
Index number assigned by the System Manager. Storage Center assigns an Index
only after the system is powered up and at least one drive is assigned to a Disk
Folder.

Single Controller, Single Enclosure, Low Profile SAS

This illustration shows an SC8000 controller cabled to a 6 Gb SAS enclosure using a low
profile SAS IO card in a low profile card slot.
Figure 60. Single SC8000 Controller, Single SAS Enclosure, Low Profile SAS IO Card
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Chain 1: A Side
Chain 1: B Side
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High-Level Steps
2 Connect the remaining enclosures in series from B port to A port using the top
EMMs.
3 If the Storage Center has dual‐controllers, connect the last enclosure, top EMM,
port B to the second controller, port 3.
2 Connect the remaining enclosures in series from A port to B port using the
bottom EMM.
3 If the Storage Center has dual‐controllers, connect the top enclosure, bottom
EMM, port A to the second controller, port 1.
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1 2 4
A
A
Connections
Controller: slot 3, port 1 → Enclosure: top EMM, port A.
Controller: slot 3, port 3 → Enclosure: bottom EMM, port B.
Connect SC200/SC220 Enclosures
B
B
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