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Cabling PowerVault MD3060e Expansion Enclosures

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Figure 6. Four Cluster Nodes Connected to Two Controllers Cabling PowerVault MD3060e Expansion Enclosures You can expand the capacity of your PowerVault MD3260 Series storage array by adding PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures. You can expand the physical disk pool to a maximum of 120 (or 180, if enabled using Premium Feature activation) physical disks using a maximum of two expansion enclosures. Expanding With Previously Configured PowerVault MD3060e Series Expansion Enclosures Use this procedure if your expansion enclosure is directly attached to and configured on a Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H800 adapter. Data from virtual disks created on a PERC H800 adapter cannot be directly migrated to a PowerVault MD3260 Series storage array or to a PowerVault MD3060e Series expansion enclosure connected to a PowerVault MD3260 Series storage array. 13

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Figure 6. Four Cluster Nodes Connected to Two Controllers
Cabling PowerVault MD3060e Expansion Enclosures
You can expand the capacity of your PowerVault MD3260 Series storage array by adding PowerVault MD3060e
expansion enclosures. You can expand the physical disk pool to a maximum of 120 (or 180, if enabled using Premium
Feature activation) physical disks using a maximum of two expansion enclosures.
Expanding With Previously Configured PowerVault MD3060e Series Expansion Enclosures
Use this procedure if your expansion enclosure is directly attached to and configured on a Dell PowerEdge RAID
Controller (PERC) H800 adapter. Data from virtual disks created on a PERC H800 adapter cannot be directly migrated to a
PowerVault MD3260 Series storage array or to a PowerVault MD3060e Series expansion enclosure connected to a
PowerVault MD3260 Series storage array.
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