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Operating Your Storage Enclosure, Before You Begin, Cabling Your Enclosure for Unified or Split Mode - rack

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2 Operating Your Storage Enclosure This section provides procedures for connecting your storage enclosure to a host system for either unified or split mode. Before You Begin Before connecting your storage enclosure, ensure that the following are available: • The components that came with your storage enclosure, including: - Power cord - SAS interconnect cables - Documentation CD - Rail kit • Any relevant documentation, including: - Getting Started Guide - Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions - Product Information Guide (for important safety, regulatory, and warranty information) - Installation and Server Management CD (version 4.5.1 or later) - Server Administrator documentation - Readme files Cabling Your Enclosure for Unified or Split Mode How you cable your enclosure to your host controller depends on the configuration you choose: unified or split mode. • A unified configuration is one in which your enclosure is connected to one host (for example, a server with a controller card). In unified mode, your enclosure can be one of up to three enclosures daisy-chained to a single port on the controller card in your host server. See Figure 2-1 for a cabling diagram of a unified mode configuration. Operating Your Storage Enclosure 19

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Operating Your Storage Enclosure
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2
Operating Your Storage Enclosure
This section provides procedures for connecting your storage enclosure to a host system for either
unified or split mode.
Before You Begin
Before connecting your storage
enclosure
, ensure that the following are available:
•
The components that came with your storage
enclosure
, including:
–
Power cord
–
SAS interconnect cables
–
Documentation
CD
–
Rail kit
•
Any relevant documentation, including:
–
Getting Started Guide
–
Rack Installation Guide
or
Rack Installation Instructions
–
Product Information Guide
(for important safety, regulatory, and warranty information)
–
Installation and Server Management
CD (version 4.5.1 or later)
–
Server Administrator documentation
–
Readme files
Cabling Your Enclosure for Unified or Split Mode
How you cable your
enclosure
to your host controller depends on the configuration you choose: unified
or split mode.
•
A unified configuration is one in which your
enclosure
is connected to one host (for example, a
server with a controller card). In unified mode, your
enclosure
can be one of up to three enclosures
daisy-chained to a single port on the controller card in your host server. See Figure 2-1 for a cabling
diagram of a unified mode configuration.