Operating Your Storage Enclosure 19
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Operating Your Storage Enclosure
This section provides procedures for connecting your storage enclosure to a host system for either
unified or split mode.

Before You Begin

Before connecting your storage
enclosure
, ensure that the following are available:
• The components that came with your storage
enclosure
, including:
–Power cord
– SAS interconnect cables
–
Documentation
CD
–Rail kit
• Any relevant documentation, including:
– Getting Started Guide
–
Rack Installation Guide
or
Rack Installation Instructions
–
Product Information Guide
(for important safety, regulatory, and warranty information)
–
Installation and Server Management
CD (version 4.5.1 or later)
– Server Administrator documentation
– Readme files

Cabling Your Enclosure for Unified or Split Mode

How you cable your
enclosure
to your host controller depends on the configuration you choose: unified
or split mode.
• A unified configuration is one in which your
enclosure
is connected to one host (for example, a
server wi th a cont roller card). In unifie d mode, y our
enclosure
can be one of up to three enclosures
daisy-chained to a single port on the controller card in your host server. See Figure2-1 for a cabling
diagram of a unified mode configuration.