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Maximum
Number of Host
Connections
Table 3 Maximum Number of Host Connections by Model to a Controller Tray or
a Controller-Drive Tray
ATTENTION Possible loss of data access – Do not use a combination of HBAs from
different vendors in the same storage area network (SAN). For the HBAs to perform
correctly, use only HBAs from one manufacturer in a SAN.
Model Maximum Number of Hosts
CE7922 controller tray and CE7900
controller tray
2048
CE6998 controller tray and CE6994
controller tray
1024
E5460, E5424, and E5412
controller-drive trays
512
CE4900 controller-drive tray 640
CDE3994 controller-drive tray and 1024
CDE3992 controller-drive tray 256
E2600 controller-drive tray 256
E2660 controller-drive tray 256