Connecting the SCSI cables
To connect the MSA to the storage enclosures, use standard VHDCI SCSI cables included in the
shipping carton with each storage enclosure.
Recommended SCSI cable connections
HP recommends installing additional SCSI I/O modules and connecting storage enclosures in the
same sequence as the pre-assigned box numbers, as illustrated in
1
2
Figure 2
SCSI I/O modules, bus numbers, and box numbers
Item
–
1
(top port)
2
(bottom port)
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Table 13 "Hard drive
enclosure.
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Installation procedures—All deployments
Description
Bus
MSA1000
0
enclosure
External
1
SCSI storage
enclosure
External
2
SCSI storage
enclosure
information" on page 1 12 to record information about each storage
Figure
2.
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Port
Box number
A
1
A
2
B
3