RJ-11 Serial Port
SFF-8644 SAS Ports
1
2
3
4
Ports for in-band and out-of-band management connection on VTrak J5000 controller
RJ-45 Network Port
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The VTrak J5000 Series features in-band management using a software utility developed for this purpose. To
use the in-band utility it is necessary to first install the software on a PC or server equipped with an SFF-8644
SAS HBA card, then connect that system to the JBOD (see “Basic DAS Connection” on page 30). The JBOD
software utility is available for Linux and Windows operating systems. For more information on how to use the
software, please read the
VTrak J5000 Software Utility
User Guide
, available for download from PROMISE.
Management can also be done through the Serial connection using terminal emulation software, and through
the Management port over an IP network using an SSH connection and terminal interface.
This section describes the different cable connections for Direct Attached Storage (DAS) to a single server, as
well as cascading DAS, and redundant cascading DAS. Also setup information for using the Serial connection,
including connection settings are included here.
In the connection instructions that follow, SAS ports are numbered 1 to 4, left to right, for each controller
module, the controller modules are also numbered left to right.
The SAS port furthest left is identified as Controller 1: Port 1.
The SAS port furthest right is identified as Controller 2: Port 4.
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