a. Port 2 9 of the upper canister, expansion enclosure 1, attaches to Port 1
10 of the upper canister, expansion enclosure 3.
b. Port 2 11 of the lower canister, expansion enclosure 1, attaches to Port 1
12 of the lower canister, expansion enclosure 3.
5. Attach SAS cables for additional expansion enclosures. You can add up to nine
expansion enclosures. You add a fourth expansion enclosure at 13 and 14
on expansion enclosure 2.
a. Add the enclosures alternately to chain 1, and then chain 2.
b. Use port 2 on the canisters that are already connected to attach to port 1 on
the canisters of the enclosures that you want to add.
6. Verify your cabling.
Step 11. Attaching the Ethernet cables
Attach the Ethernet cables to the control enclosure and any expansion enclosures.
Control enclosure
Expansion enclosure 1
2
Expansion enclosure 3
Expansion enclosure 2
14
6
13
8
9
4
11
10
12
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1
5
7
3
Figure 36. Attaching SAS cables to the enclosures
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