Violin Memory 6000 Series Installation Manual page 17

Standard System Configurations
Connect the other ends of the PCIe cables to the host machine.
Connecting two PCIe cables from one ACM to the host machine is also supported (as shown in
Figure 1.5), however, utilizing both ACMs is recommended to take advantage of redundancy, as
described above.
Figure 1.5 Direct-Attached to Single Host
For a dual PCIe x8 connection to the host machine, connect one PCIe cable to the top PCIe
connector on one of the ACMs, and connect the other PCIe cable to the bottom of the same ACM.
Connect the other end of the PCIe cable to the host machine.
Direct Attached, Two Hosts
A direct-attached connection to two host machines is supported. Each host can be connected via
single or dual PCIe x8 connections. In dual configuration, the second PCIe x8 connection can be
used to increase bandwidth, redundancy and system availability.
Figure 1.6 Direct-Attached to Two Hosts
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