live4soccer7 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) With the netapps, they have two IOM6 modules. I currently have an HBA that is connected to the top module's "square" marked QSFP+ port (I think that's the cable, my memory can't remember everything, lol). That's the only cable I have hooked to the whole thing. Should I then connect the top module's "circle" port to the bottom modules "square" port? If so, will this increase write speed to the array/disks (pooled devices, not in the unraid array)? Or is this more of a redundancy thing? or none of the above. Edited September 7, 2021 by live4soccer7 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 AFAIK you would only connect the second module to a second HBA, speed would be the same, it's for redundancy, but Unraid doesn't support SAS multipath. Quote Link to comment
live4soccer7 Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 That what I had originally thought as well, but had read a thread somewhere saying someone connected the two IOM6 modules. There were no details or additional information, so he/she may definitely be wrong. Figured I would look into it and see if anyone knew or if I could find supporting documentation. @JorgeB Thanks for always answering pretty much all my questions lately. I've just been doing a lot of restructuring and updating decade old equipment from when I first got started with unraid. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 And forgot to mention, I believe connecting one IOM to another is an invalid configuration, the out port is for daisy chainning to another shelf, e.g.: Quote Link to comment
live4soccer7 Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Yeah, there are many different ways you can configure them. I looked at the photos/configs when I initially got the unit and didn't see anything referencing connecting the two IOM modules on the same shelf together. Quote Link to comment
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