Administrator Guide

Appendix A Storage array cabling
28 Dell EMC Ready Solutions for HPC BeeGFS High Capacity Storage | ID 424
The following table details the 12 Gb/s SAS cable connections between the SS pair and four ME4084 arrays:
Cabling of storage servers to the ME4084 arrays
Server SAS PCI Slot SAS port ME4084 array ME4084 Controller ME4084 Controller Port
StorageA
Slot 1
Port 0
ME4084 #1
Controller 0
Port 3
StorageA
Slot 1
Port 1
ME4084 #2
Controller 0
Port 3
StorageA
Slot 2
Port 0
ME4084 #2
Controller 1
Port 3
StorageA
Slot 2
Port 1
ME4084 #1
Controller 1
Port 3
StorageB
Slot 1
Port 0
ME4084 #1
Controller 0
Port 1
StorageB
Slot 1
Port 1
ME4084 #2
Controller 0
Port 1
StorageB
Slot 2
Port 0
ME4084 #2
Controller 1
Port 1
StorageB
Slot 2
Port 1
ME4084 #1
Controller 1
Port 1
StorageA
Slot 4
Port 0
ME4084 #3
Controller 0
Port 3
StorageA
Slot 4
Port 1
ME4084 #4
Controller 0
Port 3
StorageA
Slot 5
Port 0
ME4084 #4
Controller 1
Port 3
StorageA
Slot 5
Port 1
ME4084 #3
Controller 1
Port 3
StorageB
Slot 4
Port 0
ME4084 #3
Controller 0
Port 1
StorageB
Slot 4
Port 1
ME4084 #4
Controller 0
Port 1
StorageB
Slot 5
Port 0
ME4084 #4
Controller 1
Port 1
StorageB
Slot 5
Port 1
ME4084 #3
Controller 1
Port 1
Figure 15 illustrates the storage cabling:
Cabling Storage Servers to the 4x ME4084 Storage Arrays