To connect the DCS3700 storage system with Gen2 controllers RAID controllers A
and B to multiple DCS3700 expansion enclosures, complete the following steps:
1.
Connect the DCS3700 expansion enclosure to controller A:
a.
Connect one end of a SAS cable to the drive expansion port on controller A.
b.
Connect the other end of the SAS cable to one of the In (
↑
) SAS connectors
on the ESM in SBB slot A in the DCS3700 expansion enclosure.
2.
Connect the SAS cable of the DCS3700 expansion enclosure to the next
DCS3700 expansion enclosure in the chain:
a.
Connect one end of a SAS cable to the Out (
↓
) SAS connector on the ESM in
SBB slot A of the DCS3700 expansion enclosure that you connected.
b.
Connect the other end of the SAS cable to one of the In (
↑
) SAS connectors
on the ESM in SBB slot A in the next DCS3700 expansion enclosure in the
chain.
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