HP StorageWorks 1500 Modular Smart Array installation guide (355901 - 005, June 2007)

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Connecting the SCSI cables
To connect the MSA to the storage enclosures, use standard VHDCI SCSI cables included in the
shipping carton with each storage enclosure.
Recommended SCSI cable connections
HP recommends installing additional SCSI I/O modules and connecting storage enclosures in the
same sequence as the pre-assigned box numbers, as illustrated in Figure 2.
Figure 2 SCSI I/O modules, bus numbers, and box numbers
Go to Table 15 ”Hard drive information” on page 114 to record information about each storage
enclosure.
Item Bus Port Assigned box
numbers - SATA
Assigned box
numbers - SCSI
10A1 1
B5 Not used
21A2 2
B6 Not used
32A3 3
B7 Not used
43A4 4
B8 Not used
4 3 2 1