Connecting Controller And Mixed Drive Enclosures; Additional Cable Requirements For Drive Enclosures; P2000 G3 Msa System Cable Requirements; P2000 G3 Msa System Component Connection Combinations - HP P2000 G3 User Manual

Connecting controller and mixed drive enclosures

P2000 G3 MSA System controller modules support cabling of 3Gb and 6Gb SAS link-rate LFF and SFF
expansion modules — in mixed fashion — as shown in
in Additional cabling considerations
and HP white papers (listed on the following page).

Additional cable requirements for drive enclosures

IMPORTANT:
• When installing SAS cables, use only supported SAS 4x cables with connectors supporting your
application (6Gb, 3Gb, or both).
• Mini-SAS to mini-SAS 0.5m cables are provided with each of the following drive enclosures (one per
expansion module): P2000 6Gb 3.5" 12-drive enclosure and D2700 6Gb drive enclosure.
• If additional or longer cables are required, they must be ordered separately (see relevant MSA2000
G2 Quickspecs or P2000 G3 Quickspecs for your products).
• The maximum cable length allowed in any configuration is 2m.
When expanding storage capacity, a maximum of eight enclosures — including the controller
•
enclosure — or one hundred forty nine (149) disk drives are allowed in the array.

P2000 G3 MSA System cable requirements

Figure 1 (below) and
combinations for P2000 G3 MSA System components. Components are labeled with back-end SAS data
rates and other relevant attributes. Simplified IOM face plates are shown.
6Gbps
P2000 6Gb IOM
D2700 P2000 6Gb
MSA70 MSA2000
*Cabling a 6Gbps drive enclosure behind the MSA70 3Gb drive enclosure will adjust its link-rate speed to
Figure 1

P2000 G3 MSA System component connection combinations

Table 3 below provides SAS cable requirements for connection combinations between MSA controller and
expansion modules.
NOTE: Check Quickspecs addressing your respective product with regard to cabling. Quickspecs can be
found from your HP MSA products page http://www.hp.com/go/p2000. Quickspecs links are located
on the right.
(below); the HP P2000 G3 MSA System Cable Configuration Guide;
Table 4 on page 27 jointly describe cabling requirements and connection
SFF
P2000 G3 Controller Enclosure
SAS2.0 6Gbps
D2700 6Gb IOM
D2700
MSA70 MSA2000
Table 4 on page 27 provides details for cabling expansion modules.
Figure 10 on page 32, and as further described
6Gbps
LFF
SAS2.0 3Gbps
MSA70 3Gb IOM
P2000 6Gb D2700*
MSA70 MSA2000
HP P2000 G3 SAS MSA System User Guide
SAS1.1 3Gbps
MSA2000 3Gb IOM
P2000 6Gb* MSA2000
3Gbps.
SAS1.1
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