Fujitsu ETERNUS AX Series Installation And Cabling Guide

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Installing and cabling disk shelves with IOM12 modules for a new system
installation.................................................................................................. 3
Requirements for installing and cabling disk shelves with IOM12 modules for a new system
installation........................................................................................................................................ 3
Considerations for installing and cabling disk shelves with IOM12 modules for a new system
installation........................................................................................................................................ 3
Installing disk shelves with IOM12 modules for a new system installation............................................ 4
Cabling disk shelves with IOM12 modules for a new system installation...............................................6
Hot-adding disk shelves with IOM12 modules............................................ 10
Requirements for hot-adding disk shelves with IOM12 modules..........................................................10
Considerations for hot-adding disk shelves with IOM12 modules........................................................ 10
Installing disk shelves with IOM12 modules for a hot-add.................................................................. 12
Cabling disk shelves with IOM12 modules for a hot-add..................................................................... 14
Changing the disk shelf ID...........................................................................18
Controller-to-stack cabling worksheets and cabling examples for
common multipath HA configurations.....................................................20
Controller-to-stack cabling worksheets and cabling examples for multipath HA configurations with
quad-port SAS HBAs........................................................................................................................20
Controller-to-stack cabling worksheets and cabling examples for multipath HA configurations with
four onboard SAS ports................................................................................................................... 23
Controller-to-stack cabling worksheets and cabling examples for
common HX2000 configurations...............................................................27
Controller-to-stack cabling worksheet and cabling example for a quad-
path HA configuration with two quad-port SAS HBAs.............................31
SAS cabling rules.......................................................................................... 33
Configuration rules............................................................................................................................... 33
Controller slot numbering rules............................................................................................................33
Shelf-to-shelf connection rules.............................................................................................................34
Controller-to-stack connection rules..................................................................................................... 35
Mini-SAS HD SAS optical cable rules.................................................................................................... 39
Controller-to-stack cabling worksheet template for multipathed
connectivity............................................................................................... 40
How to read a worksheet to cable controller-to-stack connections for
multipathed connectivity..........................................................................42
Controller-to-stack cabling worksheet template for quad-pathed
connectivity............................................................................................... 44
How to read a worksheet to cable controller-to-stack connections for
quad-pathed connectivity.........................................................................46
Recommended AC power line sizes..............................................................48
Document update record..............................................................................49
Copyright............................................................................................................................52
Trademark.......................................................................................................................... 53
How to send comments about documentation and receive update notifications...........54
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Fujitsu ETERNUS AX Series Specifications

General

Brand	Fujitsu
Model	ETERNUS AX Series
Category	Storage
Language	English