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Figure 2-6 Components and board layout of the expansion canister
As shown in Figure 2-6, the expansion canister does not contain a battery backup unit like the
control canister does. It does have an additional SAS2 connection (A) on it to allow for the
continuation of the chain to additional expansions. Figure 2-7 shows the SAS connection
ports and the indicators on the front of the expansion enclosures.
Confirm that their is a Status indicator on the expansion enclosures.
Figure 2-7 Expansion enclosure with connection ports and indicators
As the indicators on the expansion enclosure are a subset of the ones that are available on
the control enclosure, Table 2-3 on page 50 provides the details of their definitions.
Figure 2-8 on page 53 is a logical block diagram of the expansion canister.
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