LSISAS6160 SAS Switch User Guide

Chapter 1: Overview Serial Attached SCSI and the SAS6160 Switch

The following figure shows how the SAS6160 switch centralizes management of all application servers and data storage devices in the SAS domain.

Server

GR000006

Server

GR000006

LSISAS6160

Switch

JBOD

PC for Access to

SDM-GUI or SDM-CLI

JBOD

RBOD

RBOD

JBOD

Figure 2: LSISAS6160 Resource Management

In this simplified representation, the servers at the top of the diagram must access data on the storage devices in the lower part of the diagram. The SAS6160 switch manages the SAS configuration, allowing both servers to access all storage devices. Or, if zoning is used, single application servers can access specific storage devices exclusively.

LSI Corporation September 2010

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