Dell PowerVault MD3000 Configuration

Unsupported cabling configurations

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Unsupported Cabling Configurations for the Dell™ PowerVault™

MD3000 Storage Enclosure

The MD3000 documentation contains illustrations showing a server with a single SAS 5/E HBA in a

redundant configuration with two SAS cables connected to the array. These configurations, as shown in

Figure 1, are not supported at this time. Support for these configurations will be added in a later

MD3000 release.

NOTE:

For Dell PowerVault NX1950 storage systems only, the single-HBA host server configuration

(top illustration) in Figure 1 is supported.

Figure 1. Unsupported Redundant Data Paths for Single-HBA Host Servers

single-HBA host server

MD3000 RAID Enclosure

single-HBA host server

MD3000 RAID Enclosure

December 2006

Page 1 Figure 1, are not supported at this time. Support for these configurations will be added in a later MD3000 release. NOTE: For Dell PowerVault NX1950 storage systems only, the single-HBA host server configuration (top illustration) in Figure 1 is supported. Figure 1. Unsupported Redundant Data Paths for Single-HBA Host Servers...
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