Western Digital OpenFlex Data24 3200 User Manual page 25

User Guide
a. When in a direct attach topology, the Mellanox initiator NIC auto-negotiates and intermittently takes
down the link. Check the enclosure health after the update has completed to confirm a successful
update.
5. For best bandwidth, recommend the following:
a. Balance concurrently accessed drives (e.g. a RAID set) equally on boundaries of 24 / num_AIC / 2.
For example, if a RAID set requires 8 drives on a 2 AIC OpenFlex Data24 3200 , choose drives from
groups of 24/2/2 = 6 (i.e. slot 1,2,7,8,13,14,19,20)
1. Overview
1.8 Best Practices
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