Reference Guide

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About this document
This document provides information about cabling the Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces
(DSMS) solution. Cabling diagrams in this document describe the SAS cable interconnections between
servers and the storage enclosures, and SAS cable interconnections between the enclosures, where
required. For clarity, this cabling information is repeated in the tables that are listed after each diagram.
To successfully deploy this solution, you can also see the Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces
Deployment Guide available at Dell.com/support.
This document is intended to support DSMS configurations, which have unique solution SKUs called
Solution IDs. These DSMS solution IDs are required when ordering a DSMS configuration, and to access
the benefits such as performance and sizing, optimized server and storage components, single-payload
updates, and solution-level technical support. If you are in a geographical area outside of the US, the
solution IDs are not available at this time. However, you may reference the configuration name instead.
For the complete list of configuration solution IDs, see Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces
Configurations and Solution IDs available at Dell Tech Center.
Figure 1. The correct solution ID connects you to all the solution has to offer, including Dell Services and
Support.
Cabling the servers to the storage enclosures
Dell recommends that you label all SAS cable connectors with an identifying sticker or tag for easy
identification and troubleshooting purposes.
The cabling configurations provide high availability between servers and storage enclosures where each
server has two redundant SAS paths to each enclosure and to each disk. Each path must go through one
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