HP Direct-Connect External SAS Storage for HP BladeSystem Solutions Depoyment Guide

MDS600 with double-density servers
These examples illustrates two recommended cabling configurations when using double-density
server blades with zoned storage enclosures such as the MDS600. In this configuration, note the
following:
• These examples show dual I/O module MDS600 and high-performance cabling. Single I/O
modules and standard cabling is also supported.
• Double-density server blades allow 32 servers in the 16 available device bays of a c7000
enclosure, by including both an “a” and a “b” server node on one blade device.
102 Deployment examples