Operating Your Storage Enclosure
Before You Begin
Before connecting your storage enclosure, ensure that the following are available:
•Power cables
•SAS cables
•Rail kit
•Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation media
•Documentation
–Getting Started Guide
–Rack Installation Instructions
–Safety instructions
Cabling Your Enclosure
You can cable your enclosure in either a unified-mode configuration or in a split-mode configuration.
•In a unified-mode configuration your enclosure is connected to one host, for example, a server with a controller card. Your enclosure can be one of up to four enclosures daisy-chained to a single port on the controller card in your host server. The enclosure can also be connected in a redundant path mode with two connections to single host server. See Figure 2-2 and Figure 2-3 for cabling diagrams of a unified mode configuration.
•In a split-mode configuration, your enclosure is connected to two separate controller cards. The controller cards may reside in the same server or in two different servers. The enclosure bus is logically split in half where the first half of the enclosure is managed by one controller and the second half of the enclosure is managed by the second controller. Table 2-1 lists the
Operating Your Storage Enclosure