Deployment Guide

b) Connect a SAS cable from storage controller 2: port 2 to the last expansion enclosure in the chain, top EMM, port 2.

Figure 54. Connect the A-Side Cables to the Expansion Enclosures

Storage system 2. Storage controller 1

3. Storage controller 2 4. Expansion enclosure 1

5. Expansion enclosure 2

2. Label the back-end cables.

Add the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosures to the

B-Side of the Chain

Connect the expansion enclosures to one side of the chain at a time to maintain drive availability.

Steps

1. Cable the expansion enclosures to the B-side of the chain.

a) Connect a SAS cable from storage controller 1: port 2 to expansion enclosure 2: bottom EMM, port 2.

b) Connect a SAS cable from storage controller 2: port 1 to expansion enclosure 1: bottom EMM, port 1.

Adding or Removing Expansion Enclosures