Operating Your Storage Enclosure; Before You Begin; Cabling Your Enclosure For Unified Or Split Mode - Dell PowerVault MD1120 Hardware Owner's Manual

Operating Your Storage Enclosure

This section provides procedures for connecting your storage enclosure to a
host system for either unified or split mode.

Before You Begin

Before connecting your storage enclosure, ensure that the following are
available:
• The components that came with your storage enclosure, including:
– Power cord
– SAS interconnect cables
– Documentation CD
– Rail kit
• Any relevant documentation, including:
– Getting Started Guide
– Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions
– Safety, regulatory, and warranty information
– Installation and Server Management CD (version 5.4 or later)
– Server Administrator documentation
– Readme files

Cabling Your Enclosure for Unified or Split Mode

How you cable your enclosure to your host controller depends on the
configuration you choose: unified or split mode.
• A unified configuration is one in which your enclosure is connected to one
host (for example, a server with a controller card). In unified mode, your
enclosure can be one of up to three enclosures daisy-chained to a single
port on the controller card in your host server. See Figure 2-1 and
Figure 2-4 for a cabling diagram of a unified mode configuration.
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