Connecting ES30 shelves
The cabling diagrams in this section show maximum configurations. Not all systems will have all the disk shelves shown in the
diagrams.
Add shelf-to-shelf cables between shelves in a loop and to the controller as shown in the diagrams.
1. Cable from the B Controller EXPANSION
port of the lower shelf to the B controller HOST
port of the next higher
shelf.
2. Then cable from the A Controller HOST
port of lower shelf to the A controller EXPANSION
port of the next higher
shelf
3. There are no specific placement or cabling requirements for SSD shelves, or the metadata shelves for DD Cloud Tier
configurations. These shelves can be installed and cabled the same way as standard ES30 shelves. SSD shelves and DD
Cloud Tier metadata do not need to be cabled in a separate set from the other ES30 shelves.
For HA pairs, the primary and standby nodes use different cables to connect to ES30 shelves. The primary node uses cables for
ES30 host ports (
), and the standby node uses cables for ES30 expansion ports (
).
DD6800 (single node, DD Cloud Tier, or ERSO)
DD6800 systems support a maximum of 28 shelves, divided into four sets of seven shelves.
NOTE:
For configurations of 16 SAS shelves or less, do not exceed four shelves per set.
Table 8. DD6800 with ES30 cabling instructions
String
(Loop)
I/O - Port
Shelf Port
Length
1
I/O 7 - Port 0
B controller HOST
port of shelf V1.1
2M
1
I/O 2 - Port 0
A controller HOST
port of the highest number shelf in V1
2M
2
I/O 7 - Port 2
B controller HOST
port of shelf V2.1
2M
2
I/O 2 - Port 2
A controller HOST
port of the highest number shelf in V2
2M
3
I/O 7 - Port 1
B controller HOST
port of shelf V3.1
2M
3
I/O 2 - Port 1
A controller HOST
port of the highest number shelf in V3
2M
4
I/O 7 - Port 3
B controller HOST
port of shelf V4.1
3M
4
I/O 2 - Port 3
A controller HOST
port of the highest number shelf in V4
3M
a.
Cable lengths shown are designed for Data Domain racks. Longer cables (up to 5M) can be used.
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