Deployment Guide

Figure 1. Setting the PowerVault MD1400 storage enclosure configuration switch

1. configuration switch

Connecting the storage enclosure to the system

Connect the data cable from the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) installed in the Dell DL4300 system to the primary Enclosure

Management Module (EMM) SAS port of the storage enclosure.

Figure 2. Connecting the DL4300 system to the MD1400 storage enclosure

Redundant port configuration

For redundant port configuration:

1. Connect one end of each SAS cable to port 0 and port 1 on the DL4300 system PERC controller.

2. Connect the other end of each SAS cable to port 1 on each Enclosure Management Module (EMM) on the MD1400 storage

enclosure.

Single port configuration

For single port configuration:

1. Connect one end of the SAS cable to port 0 on the DL4300 system PERC controller.

2. Connect the other end of the SAS cable to port 1 on the Enclosure Management Module (EMM) on the MD1400 storage

enclosure.