LSI SAS6160 Switch Manual | Overview and Cabling Guide

LSISAS6160 SAS Switch User Guide

Chapter 1: Overview SAS Connectors and Cabling

1.4SAS Connectors and Cabling

Use a separate crossover cable for each server, JBOD, RAID array, switch, or other device connected to the SAS6160 switch. Use Mini SAS 4x connectors (also called SFF-8088 connectors) on both ends of the crossover cables to connect the switch to all devices.

The keyed connectors at port 0 and port 2, located at the upper left on the SAS6160 switch, support active cabling. This allows longer cable lengths and requires a special type of cable. These cables are keyed so that they do not attach to a passive connector. However, you can attach a passive cable to a connector that supports active cabling.

Chapter 2, Installation and Hardware Setup provides information about recommended cable lengths.

The following figure shows a crossover cable with Mini SAS 4x connectors on both ends.

Figure 6: Mini SAS 4x Cable

All cables used with the SAS6160 switch must comply with the SAS 2.1 standard.

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Contents

LSISAS6160 SAS Switch Revision History Table of Contents SAS Domain Manager Command Line Interface Chapter Features LSISAS6160 Switch Serial Attached Scsi and the SAS6160 Switch LSISAS6160 Resource Management Block Diagram of the LSISAS6160 Switch Link between Two Single SAS Phys SAS Phys, Ports, and Connectors Narrow and Wide SAS Ports Mini SAS 4x Cable SAS Connectors and Cabling SAS Zoning Overview Minimize conflictsOnly the storage within its zone or zones Across the entire Zpsds Creating SAS Zones Groups and zone sets manually by using the SDM utilityFollowing figure shows a simple example of zoning Overview SAS Routing and Zoning Configuration for Zoning Example Creating Zone Groups Connecting Devices to the SAS6160 Switch Example 1, Multiple Servers and JBODs Example 3, Multiple Servers and a Cascading Switch Example 4, High Availability Example 5, Large Data Storage Topology Example 6, Cascaded Switches Example 7, Switches in a Star Tree Configuration Carton contains the following items Unpacking the SwitchIdentifying Switch Components To interpret the LEDs on the switch SAS6160 LEDs Installing the SAS6160 SwitchSAS6160 Connectors Cables Rack. These options are shown in the following figure Mounting Shelf in a Rack Setting a Static IP Address Connecting to a Host Changing the Default Static IP Address For example Exit SDM-GUI and power cycle the switchExit SDM-CLI and power cycle the switch Using SDM-GUI 1 FCC Connecting SAS and Sata Hardware Safety Notices Canada Mark Vcci Bsmi 5 CCC Installation and Hardware Setup Safety Notices Starting SDM-GUI SDM-GUI Accounts Embedded SDM only supports a single domain Options File, Server, and Help Menu Options View End Device Table Information is available to both admin and user accountsViews Tab For zoning Alias Table View Zone Groups View Zone Groups View Zone Sets View Zone Sets Alias Management Domain TabThis section, click the hyperlinks on the Domain tab Node100, and so on View/Delete Aliases View/Delete Aliases commandDomain. You also can also this command to delete aliases Group to communicate with each other Connector WizardZone set and the two associated zone groups Box and clicking the Delete button Zone group to communicate with each other Guide you through the configuration processMaximum number of 248, the wizard displays an error message Check box and clicking the Delete button Create Zone Group Manually Configure Zone Groups Create Zone Group Delete Zone Group Time of activation. shows the View Zone Group windowView Zone Group Modify Zone Group Matrix Maximum password length is 32 charactersBinary 0, as defined by the SAS 2.0 specification Password Modify Zone Set View Zone Set windowZone set View Zone Set Activate/Deactivate Zone Set Activate/Deactivate Zone Set Delete Zone Set Window and then clicking Delete Device Tree and Properties Tab Devices Tab Properties Tab Selected device. In , the domain properties are shownFollowing figure shows the Properties tab Environmentals Tab Background loop Attached Devices Tab Those connectionsFollowing figure shows the Attached Devices tab Following figure shows the Phys tab Selected expander Zone Group Tab Zone Group Tab Operations Tab This tab contains the following commandsSuccessful update Update Firmware Phys Following figure shows the Enable/Disable/Reset windowEnable/Disable/Reset Reset Switch As shown in the following figures Configure IP Command arguments Command Usage Syntax Domain focus domain name SDM-CLI CommandsHelp command „ help command Exit Passwd admin user„ passwd admin „ passwd user „ alias delete „ show zoneset „ show alias„ show phy „ show zonegroup „ zonegroup delete all noconfirm „ zonegroup add name sas addressaliasphy„ zonegroup create name „ zonegroup delete single name „ zoneset create name Set membership„ zoneset activate name „ zoneset add name zone group zone group Sdmcli show alias Calhoun Sample Output for Show Command„ zoneset passwd Sdmcli show alias Sdmcli show device Calhoun Show phy Sdmcli show domainSdmcli show phy Show domain Show phy alias Alias Phy Device Capabilities SAS Address TypeSdmcli show phy Calhoun RA Routing Attributes VP Virtual PHY Zone Grp Zoning Inactive * phy may be assigned to a zone group Zoning Active Zone Group Number Show phy alias phy Sdmcli show phy Lincoln01Sdmcli show version SDM-CLI Version SDM-D Version Show zonegroup name Sdmcli show zonegroup ZoneOne#001Sdmcli show zoneset active Show zoneset data name Sdmcli show zoneset data ZoneOne Xip -i 500062b15555557f get exp Xip -i get avail Troubleshooting