Connecting The 2U12 Shelves To An Appliance Or Other Storage Shelves - VERITAS NetBackup 5230 Hardware Installation Manual

Adding 2U12 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance

Connecting the 2U12 shelves to an appliance or other storage shelves

Connecting 2U12 shelves to two existing 3U16 shelves
Connecting one 2U12 shelf to three existing 3U16 shelves
Be sure to follow supported configurations.
You can install up to four storage shelves with one NetBackup 5230 Appliance.
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Any 3U16 storage shelves must be installed in front of any 2U12 shelves.
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Cable connections follow standard daisy chain protocols.
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Connecting a 2U12 shelf to an appliance that does not
have any shelves
This section describes how to connect the SAS2-SAS3 cables between the
NetBackup 5230 appliance and the one 2U12 storage shelf.
To connect a single 3U16 storage shelf to an appliance
1
Obtain the two SAS2-SAS3 cables that ship with the 2U12 storage shelf.
2
Locate the RAID controller in slot 1 of the appliance. The controller has two
SAS2 ports.
3
Connect the SAS2 end of one cable to the left port in the RAID controller.
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