Connect SC200/SC220 Enclosures
Dell Compellent
61
Single Controller, Single Enclosure, Low Profile SAS
This
illustration
shows
an
SC8000
controller
cabled
to
a
6
Gb
SAS
enclosure
using
a
low
profile
SAS
IO
card
in
a
low
profile
card
slot.
Figure 60. Single SC8000 Controller, Single SAS Enclosure, Low Profile SAS IO Card
Path
High-Level Steps
Chain
1:
Side
A 1 Connect
the
first
controller
port
1
to
the
first
enclosure,
top
EMM,
port
A.
2 Connect
the
remaining
enclosures
in
series
from
B
port
to
A
port
using
the
top
EMMs.
3 If
the
Storage
Center
has
dual
‐
controllers,
connect
the
last
enclosure,
top
EMM,
port
B
to
the
second
controller,
port
3.
Chain
1:
Side
B 1 Connect
the
first
controller
port
3
to
the
last
enclosure,
bottom
EMM,
port
B.
2 Connect
the
remaining
enclosures
in
series
from
A
port
to
B
port
using
the
bottom
EMM.
3 If
the
Storage
Center
has
dual
‐
controllers,
connect
the
top
enclosure,
bottom
EMM,
port
A
to
the
second
controller,
port
1.
Note:
The
cabling
illustrations
in
this
chapter
refer
to
enclosures
as
Enclosure
1,
Enclosure
2,
and
so
on.
The
numbers
shown
in
the
illustrations
may
not
match
the
Index
number
assigned
by
the
System
Manager.
Storage
Center
assigns
an
Index
only
after
the
system
is
powered
up
and
at
least
one
drive
is
assigned
to
a
Disk
Folder.
Path
Connections
Chain
1:
A
Side
Controller:
slot
3,
port
1
→
Enclosure:
top
EMM,
port A.
Chain
1:
B
Side
Controller:
slot
3,
port
3
→
Enclosure:
bottom
EMM,
port B.
4
3
2
1
A
A
B
B
