CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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1U Device Expansion Unit
NEC Corporation
Revision 3.0
– August, 2017
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Unit Configuration
1 External Tape Drive Enclosure
1.1 Tape Drive Configuration
Refer to the section in accordance with type of tape drives installed and number of host adapters.
Type of Tape Drives
Number of Host Adapters
Section
Internal LTO
One SAS HBAs
1.2.1
Two SAS HBAs
1.2.2
Internal RDX
One USB HBAs
1.3.1
Two USB HBAs
1.3.2
Mixing internal LTO and RDX Drives
One SAS and one /USB HBAs
1.4
The tape drive enclosure can be shared with up to two servers, HBAs. See the figures below for typical
tape drive bays configuration.
Two HBA Configuration
To HBA
To HBA
SAS Interface
SAS Interface
