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

ME484 enclosure support for Dell HBA355e Adapter

Dell HBA355e Adapter supports external enclosure ME484. To connect to external enclosures,HBA355e Adapter uses the HD Mini-SAS SFF-8644 cables.

The ME484 enclosure topology rules for Dell HBA355e Adapter are:

  • A maximum of two enclosures is supported in a single- or dual-path configurations.
  • Both single-path and dual-path configurations on the same Dell HBA355e Adapter card is not supported.
  • When using two enclosures together, the two must be either MD14xx or ME484. Mixing of these two types of enclosures is not supported. Also, mixing tape drives and MDxx or ME484 enclosures, on the same controller is not supported.
  • Only one enclosure is supported per port.
  • Loop back connections of enclosures are not supported.
  • Interleaving of ports for multipath configuration is not supported.

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