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Appendix E: SAS2-826EL Backplane Specications
Dual Host Bus Adapter
In a dual host bus conguration, the
backplane connects to two host bus
adapters.
Dual Host Bus Adapter Failover
If the expander or data path in Port
A fails, the system will automatically
fail over to Port B. This maintains a
full connection to all drives.
Q9
F1
FANFAIL1
A
C
OVERHEATFAIL1
A
C
5V_LED1
A
C
SAS HBA
Port A
Expander 1
Port B
Expander 2
SAS HBA
E-13 Failover with RAID Cards and Multiple HBAs
The BPN-SAS2-826EL backplane may be congured for failover with multiple HBAs
using either RAID controllers or HBAs to acheive failover protection.
RAID Controllers: If RAID controllers are used, then the failover is accomplished
through port failover on the same RAID card.
HBAs: If multiple HBAs are used to achieve failover protection and load balancing,
Linux MPIO software must be installed and correctly congured to perform
the load balancing and failover tasks.
IMPORTANT: For RAID controllers, redundancy is achieved through port failover.
For multiple HBAs MPIO software is required to achieve failover protection.
Figure E-7. Failover with RAID Cards and Multiple HBAs