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To hot-add a Nexsan Storage Expansion to a running system:
1. (Two Nexsan Storage Expansions only) Connect the two Nexsan Storage Expansions to each other:
Figure 3-16: Connecting the two Nexsan Storage Expansions together
a. Insert one SAS cable into the
EXP OUT 0
port on the top expansion controller of the first Nexsan
Storage Expansion.
b. Insert the other end of the SAS cable into the
EXP IN 0
port on the top Expansion Controller of the
second Nexsan Storage Expansion.
c. Repeat steps a and b, connecting the
EXP OUT 1
port of the top controller of the first Nexsan
Storage Expansion to the
EXP IN 1
port of the top controller of the second Nexsan Storage
Expansion.
d. Repeat steps a through c to connect the bottom expansion controllers of the Nexsan Storage
Expansions.
CAUTION
: 1. Expansion Controller 0 on the first Nexsan Storage Expansion MUST be
connected to Expansion Controller 0 on the second Nexsan Storage Expansion, and
2. Expansion Controller 1 on the first Nexsan Storage Expansion MUST be connected to
Expansion Controller 1 on the second Nexsan Storage Expansion.
Attach a Nexsan Storage Expansion to a Nexsan Storage System
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Part Number: P0450138, Rev. B
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