Cable The Base Enclosure To The Expansion Enclosure - Dell EMC PowerStore 1000 Installation And Service Manual

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Cable the base enclosure to the expansion enclosure

Follow these guidelines to cable base enclosure to an expansion enclosure.
Prerequisites
NOTE: If you are installing the first expansion enclosure into a running system, connect the power cables to the expansion
enclosure before completing these steps.
Apply cable labels at each end of the following cables:
● Node to first expansion enclosure
● Node to last expansion enclosure
● Expansion enclosure to expansion enclosure if you are installing more than one
Steps
1. Cable SAS port B from each node on the base enclosure to the link control card (LCC) on the first expansion enclosure in
the stack:
a. Connect node A, SAS port B to LCC A, port A on the expansion enclosure.
b. Connect node B, SAS port B to LCC B, port A on the expansion enclosure.
2. Cable SAS port A from each node on the base enclosure to the LCCs on the last expansion enclosure in the stack:
a. Connect node A, SAS port A to LCC B, port B on the last expansion enclosure.
b. Connect node B, SAS port A to LCC A, port B on the last expansion enclosure.
3. If you are installing more than one expansion enclosure, cable expansion enclosure to expansion enclosure:
a. Connect LCC A, port B on the first expansion enclosure to LCC A, port A on the next expansion enclosure.
b. Connect LCC B, port B on the first expansion enclosure to LCC B, port A on the next expansion enclosure.
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