Quick SAS Cabling Guide
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Contents
Components of Dell PowerVault™ MD32xx/MD32xxi System ........................................................ 2
Supported System Configurations ........................................................................................ 4
Fault-tolerant Asymmetric Cabling Scheme ........................................................................... 5
Simple Cascade Cabling Scheme ......................................................................................... 5
Diagrams ..................................................................................................................... 5

Tables

Table 1. Supported System Configurations ........................................................................... 4
Figures
Figure 1. Simple Cascade Cabling Scheme: Configuration C01 ....................................................... 6
Figure 2. Simple Cascade Cabling Scheme: Configurations C02, C03 ............................................... 7
Figure 3. Simple Cascade Cabling Scheme: Configurations C04, C05, C06 ......................................... 8
Figure 4. Simple Cascade Cabling Scheme: Configurations C07, C08, C09, C10 .................................. 9
Figure 5. Simple Cascade Cabling Scheme: Configurations C11, C12, C13, C14, C15 .......................... 10
Figure 6. Simple Cascade Cabling Scheme: Configurations C16, C17, C18, C19 ................................ 11
Figure 7. Two Enclosures: Configurations C20, C21, C22 ........................................................... 12
Figure 8. Single Enclosure: Configurations C23, C24 ................................................................. 13
Figure 9. Fault-tolerant Asymmetric Cabling Scheme: Configurations C01 ...................................... 14
Figure 10. Fault-tolerant Asymmetric Cabling Scheme: Configurations C02, C03................................ 15
Figure 11. Fault-tolerant Asymmetric Cabling Scheme: Configurations C04, C05, C06 ......................... 16
Figure 12. Fault-tolerant Asymmetric Cabling Scheme: Configurations C07, C08, C09, C10 ................... 17
Figure 13. Fault-tolerant Asymmetric Cabling Scheme: Configurations C11,C12,C13,C14,C15 ................ 18
Figure 14. Fault-tolerant Asymmetric Cabling Scheme: Configurations C16, C17, C18, C19 ................... 19
Figure 15. SAS Cable Labels ................................................................................................ 20