HP D6000 Disk Enclosure Direct Connect Cabling Guide

Before you begin 4
Before you begin
D6000 overview
The D6000 is available in several standard-shipping configurations. For cabling purposes associated with
this document, the primary types of configurations include the following:
• Single-domain ready: One I/O module and one I/O blank are installed in each D6000 storage
drawer.
To convert a single-domain D6000 to dual-domain, obtain and install an additional 6G D6000 I/O
module in each storage drawer.
• Dual-domain ready: Two I/O modules are installed in each D6000 storage drawer.
For information about the available, standard-shipping D6000 configurations, including information about
the pre-installed hard drive models, see the D6000 QuickSpecs on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/d6000/quickspecs).
For QuickSpecs, technical overviews, and other information for a wide variety of HP products, see the HP
Product Bulletin on the HP website
(http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/productbulletin.html#intro). The Product Bulletin is a
central information resource of overviews and specifications for HP hardware and software products.
Cabling overview
The D6000 is designed to support a variety of host environment deployments, with the SAS cabling from the
D6000 being very similar, regardless of host environment.
For information about supported servers and controllers, see the D6000 QuickSpecs on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/d6000/quickspecs).
Cabling guidelines
Observe the following guidelines:
• The only supported cable is the 2.00 m (6.56 ft) mini-SAS cable. (8x wide mini-SAS cables are not
supported in direct connect environments.)
• Mini-SAS cables do not ship with the D6000.
• Hosts must be powered down before connecting SAS cables to the D6000.
• The D6000 has two storage drawers, with each drawer being an independent unit. A separate
connection is needed for each drawer.
• Cascading I/O modules from D6000 drawers is not supported.