Dell DD6300 Hardware Overview And Installation Manual

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Connecting ES30 shelvesThe cabling diagrams in this section show the maximum configurations for theDD6300, DD6800, and DD9300 systems. Not all systems will have all the disk shelvesshown in the diagrams.Add shelf-to-shelf cables between shelves in a loop and to the controller as shown inthe diagrams.1. Cable from the B Controller EXPANSION port of the lower shelf to the Bcontroller HOST port of the next higher shelf.2. Then cable from the A Controller HOST port of lower shelf to the A controllerEXPANSION port of the next higher shelf3. There are no specific placement or cabling requirements for SSD shelves, or themetadata shelves for DD Cloud Tier configurations. These shelves can be installedand cabled the same way as standard ES30 shelves. SSD shelves and DD CloudTier metadata do not need to be cabled in a separate set from the other ES30shelves.For HA pairs, the primary and standby nodes use different cables to connect to ES30shelves. The primary node uses cables for ES30 host ports ( ), and the standby nodeuses cables for ES30 expansion ports ( ).ES30 cable informationWhen connecting ES30 shelves, different cables are required for the followingconnections:l Connecting the primary node to the ES30 shelf loopl Connecting the standby node to the ES30 shelf loopl Connecting an ES30 shelf to an ES30 shelf within a loopTable 36 Cables for primary node to ES30 shelf loopHD-mini-SAS connector on controller, SFF-8088 connector keyed for host porton ES30Cable model code Part number Cable lengthX-SAS-HDMS2 038-003-810 2 m (79 in)X-SAS-HDMS3 038-003-811 3 m (118 in)X-SAS-HDMS5 038-003-813 5 m (196 in)Table 37 Cables for standby node to ES30 shelf loopHD-mini-SAS connector on controller, SFF-8088 connector keyed for expansionport on ES30Cable model Part number Cable lengthX-HA-ES30-SAS-2 038-004-108 2 m (79 in)X-HA-ES30-SAS-5 038-004-111 5 m (196 in)Connect Cables and Power on50 Data Domain DD6300, DD6800, and DD9300 Systems 6.1 Hardware Overview and Installation Guide