11
Fibre-Host Connections (including 10Gb FCOE iSCSI) ........................ 49
Fibre-Host Topologies ................................................................................ 51
Fibre Cabling ............................................................................................. 52
Simple End-to-End Connection .................................................................. 53
DAS (Direct-Attached) Connection ............................................................ 54
Switched Fabric Connection (Dual-Controller) ........................................... 56
Switched Fabric Connection (Single-Controller) ......................................... 58
SAS-Host RAID Connections .................................................................. 60
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection with Redundant Host Path ..... 61
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection to Two Servers ....................... 63
iSCSI-Host RAID Connections ................................................................ 64
Network & Host Connection Topologies ..................................................... 65
High Availability IP SAN with Redundant RAID Controller .......................... 66
Single-Controller with Fault-Tolerant Path .................................................. 68
High Availability IP SAN (Recommended Cabling Method for Remote
Replication) ............................................................................................... 69
High Availability IP SAN with Port Trunk (Remote Replication Enabled) .... 71
Hybrid Host Connections ........................................................................ 73
Single Hybrid Unit Connected to FC/iSCSI Hosts ...................................... 73
Utilizing Hybrid iSCSI ports for Data Replication ........................................ 74
JBOD Connections .................................................................................. 75
JBOD SAS Expansion Configuration ......................................................... 75
Configuration Rules ................................................................................... 76
Dual-Controller Expansion Connection ...................................................... 78
Single-Controller Expansion Connections .................................................. 79
Management Console Connections ....................................................... 80
Connecting RAID system to external consoles .......................................... 80
Power Connections ................................................................................. 81
Checklist .................................................................................................... 81
Power Cords Connections ......................................................................... 82
Power On Procedure ................................................................................. 82
Power On Status Check ............................................................................. 83
Power Off Procedure ................................................................................. 84
System Monitoring .................................................................................. 85
Monitoring Features ................................................................................ 85
LED Panel ................................................................................................. 87
Drive Tray LED .......................................................................................... 89