Table of Contents
Components to Be Installed ...................................................................................................52
Installing Controller Module(s) ...........................................................................................53
Installing Hard Drive(s)........................................................................................................54
Hard Drive Installation Prerequisites ...................................................................................... 54
Mux Board Installation............................................................................................................56
SAS Interface.........................................................................................................................60
Installing the Hard Drive into Drive Tray .................................................................................61
Installing the Hard Drive Tray into the Enclosure ................................................................... 62
Installing CBM for RAID Models..........................................................................................63
Removing the RAID Controller ............................................................................................... 63
Controller Type....................................................................................................................... 64
Installing the BBU (Type I)......................................................................................................64
Installing the FBM (Type I) .....................................................................................................65
Installing the BBU (Type II).....................................................................................................66
Installing the RAID Controller .................................................................................................67
Installing the Earth Lead Kit for DC PSU systems.................................................................. 68
System Connection
General Considerations on Making Connections .............................................................70
Host-Side Topologies ............................................................................................................. 71
Host-Side Parameters............................................................................................................71
Maximum Concurrent Host LUN Connection (“Nexus” in SCSI) ............................................72
Maximum Queued I/O Count..................................................................................................73
Fibre-Host RAID Connections.............................................................................................74
Fibre-Host Components (including 10GB iSCSI) ................................................................... 74
Fibre-Host Topologies ............................................................................................................76
Fibre Cabling..........................................................................................................................77
Simple End-to-End Connection.............................................................................................. 78
DAS (Direct-Attached) Connection.........................................................................................79
Switched Fabric Connection (Dual-Controller) ....................................................................... 81
Switched Fabric Connection (Single-Controller).....................................................................83
SAS-Host RAID Connections..............................................................................................85
SxxS-R/G2240-4 Controllers in DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Configuration ...................... 86
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection with Redundant Host Path................................. 88
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection to Two Servers................................................... 90
iSCSI-Host RAID Connections ............................................................................................91
Network & Host Connection Topologies ................................................................................. 92
High Availability IP SAN with Redundant RAID Controller...................................................... 93
Single-Controller with Fault-Tolerant Path.............................................................................. 95
High Availability IP SAN (Recommended Cabling Method for Remote Replication) ..............96
High Availability IP SAN with Port Trunk (Remote Replication Enabled) ................................ 98
Single-Controller with Trunk ................................................................................................. 100
Hybrid Host Connections..................................................................................................101
Single Hybrid Unit Connected to FC/ iSCSI Hosts ............................................................... 101
Utilizing Hybrid iSCSI ports for Data Replication.................................................................. 102
JBOD Connections ............................................................................................................103
SAS Expansion Links........................................................................................................... 104
Type I JBOD SAS Expansion Configuration......................................................................... 104
Type II JBOD SAS Expansion Configuration........................................................................ 107
Configuration Rules..............................................................................................................109
Management Console Connections ................................................................................. 111
Power Connections............................................................................................................ 112
Checklist .............................................................................................................................. 112
DC Power Supply Power Cord Connection .......................................................................... 113
Connecting Power Cords ..................................................................................................... 114
Power On Procedure............................................................................................................ 116
Power On Status Check ....................................................................................................... 117
LCD Screen.......................................................................................................................... 119
Power Off Procedure............................................................................................................120
System Monitoring
Monitoring Features...........................................................................................................121
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