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SuperTrak EX Series User Manual
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Connecting SuperTrak to a VTrak JBOD Enclosure
If you are connecting the SuperTrak card to a single VTrak JBOD enclosure, you
can attach the SAS multi-lane cable to either the circle or diamond port on the
enclosure.
However, if you plan to cascade multiple VTrak JBOD enclosures, you must
attach the SAS multi-lane cable to the circle port on the first enclosure.
Figure 8. Attaching the SAS multi-lane cable to the diamond port
SAS Connections and ID Numbers
The table below correlates the ranges of Enclosure IDs and Physical Drive IDs,
that appear in the WebPAM PRO interface as a result of the data connections
you make.
SuperTrak SAS Port Enclosure ID Range Drive ID Range
Ch1-4 Virtual* 1 1 to 128
Ch1-4 2 to 9 1 to 128
Ch5-8 10 to 17 129 to 256
* A virtual enclosure involves physical drives attached directly to the
SuperTrak controller or a connection to an SGPIO backplane.
You can attach up to 128 SAS or SATA drives on each SAS port
using SAS expanders.
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SuperTrak
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SAS multi-lane cable
(not supplied)