VERITAS 5250 - Connecting an Appliance to One Storage Shelf

The steps in the following sections assume that the appliance and one or more
storage shelves are shipped together and installed at the same time.
Refer to the following sections as needed.
See “Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf” on page 44.
See “Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf” on page 45.
Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
The steps in this section assume that the appliance and the storage shelf are
shipped together and installed at the same time.
To connect an appliance to one storage shelf
1
Connect one end of the SAS-3 cable to the left-hand port in the External RAID
PCIe card on the appliance. The blue tab on the SAS-3 connector should be
facing down.
Note: Cables in the following diagrams are shown in different colors for
demonstration purposes only. The actual cables are black.
2
Connect the other end of the cable to port A in the top canister of the storage
shelf.
Be sure that you orient the SAS-3 connector in the storage shelf port A so the
blue tab faces down. Refer to the following section for details.
See “Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections”
on page 41.
44S Series Appliance installation procedures
Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf