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Dell Host Bus Adapter User's Guide HBA 355 and 350 Series

MD1400 and MD1420 enclosure support for Dell HBA355e Adapter

Dell HBA355e Adapter supports external enclosures MD1420 and MD1400. To connect to external enclosures, HBA355e Adapter uses the HD Mini-SAS SFF-8644 cables.

The MD enclosure topology rules for Dell HBA355e Adapter are:

  • The maximum number of enclosures supported for single-path configuration is eight, and dual-path configuration is four.
  • A maximum of two enclosures are supported per port when using a daisy chain topology.
  • MD1400 and MD1420 can be connected to the same controller at the same time.
  • Mixing of MD and ME enclosures or mixing tape drives and MD or ME enclosures on the same controller is not supported.
  • Loopback connections of enclosures are not supported.
  • Mixing of single-path and dual-path configurations on the same controller is not supported.
  • Interleaving of port for multipath configuration is not supported.

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