HP BLc7000 HP Direct-Connect External SAS Storage for HP BladeSystem Solutions - Page 86
MDS600 disk enclosure port information, the 3Gb SAS BL Switch.
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MDS600 disk enclosure port information As shown in the following illustration: • Drawer numbers: The MDS600 has two drawers that contain the drives. From the rear of the device, drawer number 1 is on the right. • SAS Ports: Each MDS600 I/O module has two SAS ports. Use these SAS ports to connect to the 3Gb SAS BL Switch. When two I/O modules are installed in an MDS600 drawer, the ports are referred to as follows: ◦ Top I/O module: Primary, with host ports referred to as 1 (bottom port) and 2 (top port) ◦ Bottom I/O module: Secondary, with host ports referred to as 1 (bottom port) and 2 (top port) 1. Primary I/O module (drawer 1) 2. Secondary I/O module (drawer 1) 3. MDS600 enclosure drawer 1 4. MDS600 enclosure drawer 2 When cabling MDS600 enclosures to the switch, note the following: • When only one MDS600 storage enclosure is connected to a BladeSystem c-Class enclosure, a common cabling pattern is to connect one MDS600 drawer to switch ports 1-4 and the other MDS600 drawer to switch ports 5-8. This allows server bays 1-8 to access one MDS600 drawer and server bays 9-16 to access the other MDS600 drawer. 86 Device SAS port information