Silicon Graphics InfiniteStorage NEXIS 2000, Quick Start Manual

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Data Manager, One SATA Controller, and Three Disk Expansion Enclosures
Use the following steps and Figure 1-14 to cable a data manager to a single-controller SATA
RAID enclosure and three disk expansion enclosures.
1. Connect the Data Manager’s Fibre Channel PCI card port A to the RAID controller’s host 1
port in the controller enclosure, see Figure 1-14.
2. Connect the Data Manager’s Fibre Channel PCI card port B to the RAID controller’s host 2
port.
3. Connect the RAID controller’s expansion connector (far right) to the first disk expansion
enclosure’s input connector (left side).
4. Connect the first disk expansion output connector (far right) to the input connector on the
second disk expansion enclosure (far left).
5. Connect the second disk expansion enclosure’s output connector (far right) to the input
connector (far left) on the third disk expansion enclosure.