Deployment Guide

a) Connect a SAS cable from storage controller 1: port 1 to the first expansion enclosure in the chain, left EMM, port 1.

b) Connect a SAS cable from storage controller 2: port 2 to the last expansion enclosure in the chain, left EMM, port 3.

Figure 57. Connect the A-Side Cables to the Expansion Enclosures

Storage system 2. Storage controller 1

3. Storage controller 2 4. Expansion enclosure 1

5. Expansion enclosure 2

2. Label the back-end cables.

Add an SCv360 Expansion Enclosure to the B-Side of the

Chain

Connect the expansion enclosure to one side of the chain at a time to maintain drive availability.

Steps

1. Disconnect the B-side cable (shown in blue) from the expansion enclosure: right EMM, port 3. The A-side cables continue to carry I/O

while the B-side is disconnected.

Adding or Removing Expansion Enclosures