1. MSA 2050 array controller
2. MSA 2050 disk enclosure
3. MSA 2050 disk enclosure
IMPORTANT:
Fault-tolerant cabling provides the highest level of fault-tolerance protection for the array. Using straight-
through cabling can sometimes provide increased performance in the array. However, straight-through
cabling also increases the risk of losing access to one or more enclosures if an enclosure fails or is
removed.
Single disk enclosure configurations
The following figure shows a MSA 2050 array connected to a MSA 2050 disk enclosure.
Mixed-connect disk enclosure configurations
The following illustration shows an example of expanding storage from an array enclosure to multiple disk
enclosures of different models.
Single disk enclosure configurations 9