Sas Das - Promise Technology VTrak E610f Product Manual

SAS DAS

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Direct Attached Storage (DAS) requires:
• Two SAS HBA cards in the Host PC or Server
• A network switch
• A network interface card (NIC) in the Host PC or Server
Data Path
To establish the data path:
On the VTrak controller, connect a SAS data port or a SAS data/cascade port to
one of your SAS HBA cards. See Figure 15 and page 28, Figure 16.
Management Path
To establish the management path:
1. Connect the Management port on each Controller to your network switch.
See Figure 15 and page 28, Figure 16.
2. Connect the Host PC's or Server's standard NIC to your network switch.
Figure 15. VTrak E610s and E310s data and management ports
SAS expansion
port (to JBOD)
SAS data port
SAS data/cascade port
Mgmt
Management port
SAS data/cascade port
SAS data port
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