Two types of controllers and two types of disk shelves are used in these examples.
Netapp sas cabling.
If you are using sas optical multimode om4 breakout cables with mini sas hd to lc connectors for patch panels the following.
However the information in this guide is specific to the unique characteristics of disk shelves with iom12 modules and.
Having a control path that is separate from the data path increases reliability and simplifies troubleshooting.
When oriented correctly into a sas port the connector clicks into place and if the disk shelf power is on at the time the disk shelf sas port lnk led illuminates green.
This page is dedicated to a few examples i ve put together in visio to highlight the correct sas and acp cabling combinations for netapp disk shelf cabling.
The alternate control path acp uses the acp ports on the disk shelves to connect to the storage controllers.
For disk shelves you insert a sas cable connector with the pull tab oriented down on the underside of the connector.
Netapp disk shelf cabling examples.
The sas cable connectors are keyed.
Disk shelf cabling is always isolated within the ha pair that owns the disks.
Disk shelves are never connected to other ha pair s in the cluster.