Recabling to connect additional storage shelves
When storage shelves are added to an appliance that already has at least one storage shelf you need to reroute one existing cable connection. You also need to install the new cables that ship with the additional storage shelf or shelves. Each storage shelf ships with two 2-meter SAS-3 cables.
The following sections provide cable instructions for an appliance and a total of four storage shelves. The instructions are the same for five or six storage shelves.
Note:
The cables in the following diagrams are shown in different colors for demonstration purposes only. The actual cables are black.
A green box outlines the storage shelves that are added to the existing devices.
See Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has one operating shelf.
See Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has two operating shelf.
See Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has three operating shelf.
Refer to the following section to add the additional disk space.
See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Flex Appliance Console.