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Considerations for Drive Channel Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Multiple Types of Drive Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Single-Controller Topologies and Dual-Controller Topologies . . . . . . . . . 21
Copper Cables and Fiber-Optic Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting to Drive Trays That Support Loop Switch Technology . . . . . 22
Labeling Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cabling Information Provided by SANtricity ES Storage Manager. . . . . . 24
Adding New Drive Trays to an Existing Storage Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Common Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Handling Static-Sensitive Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing an SFP Transceiver and a Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing a Copper Cable with a Passive SFP Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing an iSCSI Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing a SAS Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 2 Product Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Host Channel Information by Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Drive Channel Information by Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Drive Tray Information by Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 3 Host Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Host Interface Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Maximum Number of Host Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Direct-Attach Topologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
One Host to a Controller Tray or a Controller-Drive Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Two Hosts to a Controller Tray or a Controller-Drive Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
One Hosts with Direct SAS Connections to Four Controller-Drive Trays. 47
One Single-HBA Host to a Single-Controller Controller Tray or a Single-
Controller Controller-Drive Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Switch Topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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