Connecting A Disk Enclosure To Another Fc Device - Dell DAE2-ATA Hardware Reference Manual

Installing a DAE2
Figure 2-4
2-8 2-Gigabit Disk-Array Enclosure (DAE2) Hardware Reference
4. Attach the copper cable from the external device (storage
processor or another DAE2) to the PRI connector as shown in
Figure 2-4. If you are continuing the loop to another DAE2, attach
a cable from the EXP connector to the PRI connector in the next
DAE2.
PRI
Connector
To other FC device

Connecting a Disk Enclosure to Another FC Device

5. If you are installing multiple disk enclosures, cable them as
shown in Figure 2-5 or Figure 2-7.
The configuration example in Figure 2-5 shows a CLARiiON
CX500 disk processor enclosure (DPE2) below seven DAE2
disk-array enclosures. The eight devices support two completely
redundant loops. Note that the external device connects to the
Primary disk enclosure connectors, and subsequent enclosures
connect in an Expansion-to-Primary chain.
EA 0, loop 0 must be a Fibre Channel DPE2 or DAE2. ATA enclosures do not
support the boot and SPS requirements of the first disk array in a storage
system.
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