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Before you begin, Overview, Cabling guidelines for MDS600 - modular disk system

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Before you begin Overview This document provides instructions for directly connecting one or two HP ProLiant DL/ML/SL servers with Smart Array P212, P411, and P812 Controllers into the HP StorageWorks 600 Modular Disk System. Cabling guidelines for MDS600 Observe the following guidelines: • No cables ship with the MDS600. The only supported cable length that can be used is the 2.00 m (6.56 ft.) mini-SAS cable. • 8x wide SAS cables are not supported. • The MDS600 has two drawers. Each drawer is an independent unit. A separate connection will be needed for each drawer. • The MDS600 does NOT support cascading I/O modules. • Always be sure that the servers attached to the MDS600 are powered down before connecting SAS cables. Before you begin 4

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Before you begin
Overview
This document provides instructions for directly connecting one or two HP ProLiant DL/ML/SL servers with
Smart Array P212, P411, and P812 Controllers into the HP StorageWorks 600 Modular Disk System.
Cabling guidelines for MDS600
Observe the following guidelines:
•
No cables ship with the MDS600. The only supported cable length that can be used is the 2.00 m
(6.56 ft.) mini-SAS cable.
•
8x wide SAS cables are not supported.
•
The MDS600 has two drawers. Each drawer is an independent unit. A separate connection will be
needed for each drawer.
•
The MDS600 does NOT support cascading I/O modules.
•
Always be sure that the servers attached to the MDS600 are powered down before connecting SAS
cables.