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.
See Understanding appliance and D Series Storage Shelf connections.
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.
- Connect the other end of the cable to port 1 in the top canister of the storage shelf.
- Connect one end of the other SAS-3 cable to port 1 in the bottom canister of the storage shelf.
- Connect the other end of this cable to the right-hand port in the External RAID PCIe card on the appliance.
