Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf

The steps in this section assume that the appliance and the storage shelf are shipped together and installed at the same time.

Note:

Cables in the following diagrams are shown in different colors for demonstration purposes only. The actual cables are black.

Note:

Be sure that you orient the blue tabs on each SAS-3 connector correctly. Refer to the following section for details.

Warning:

The hardware must be powered on in the expected order. Else, all the storage may not be seen by the appliance.

To connect an appliance to one storage shelf

Connect one end of the SAS-3 cable to the left-hand port in the External RAID PCIe card on the appliance. The blue tab on the SAS-3 connector should be facing down.
Connect the other end of the cable to port A in the top canister of the storage shelf.
Connect one end of the other SAS-3 cable to port A in the bottom canister of the storage shelf. Be sure that you orient the SAS-3 connector in the storage shelf port A so the blue tab faces up, or is on the same side of the cable as the SAS-3 label.
Connect the other end of this cable to the right-hand port in the External RAID PCIe card on the appliance. The blue tab on the SAS-3 connector should be facing down.