topic Re: 3240 Across Cabinets in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/3240-Across-Cabinets/m-p/51317#M3618 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>if your racks are next to each other, then surely the provider would install a suitable SAS interconnect? The maximum SAS cable length was 5m any further, then its a FC-SAS bridge.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:05:57 GMT martin_fisher 2013-02-07T12:05:57Z 3240 Across Cabinets https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/3240-Across-Cabinets/m-p/51308#M3616 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have an issue in that our service provider for cabinets will not support our own cabling between racks.&nbsp; All cabling must be completed by them and is dedicated between racks.</P><P></P><P>The issue is, we are looking to implement a number of DS4243 disk shelves this year but we also have a limitation on the amount of power per rack and to ensure expandability we need to split the heads and shelves over 2 racks.</P><P></P><P>My question really, is it possible to put in dedicated structured cablingbetween cabinets or do the devices need to connect directly to each other.&nbsp; Currently we have 19 DS14MK2 and these are all connected by Fibre but the new disks are obviously connected by SAS cables which are totally different.</P><P></P><P>If anybody can provide any insight or ideas I would be most grateful.</P><P><BR />Lee</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:10:43 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/3240-Across-Cabinets/m-p/51308#M3616 admineu76 2025-06-05T06:10:43Z Re: 3240 Across Cabinets https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/3240-Across-Cabinets/m-p/51312#M3617 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can use FC-SAS bridge to utilize provider optical cabling.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:00:19 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/3240-Across-Cabinets/m-p/51312#M3617 aborzenkov 2013-02-07T05:00:19Z Re: 3240 Across Cabinets https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/3240-Across-Cabinets/m-p/51317#M3618 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>if your racks are next to each other, then surely the provider would install a suitable SAS interconnect? The maximum SAS cable length was 5m any further, then its a FC-SAS bridge.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:05:57 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/3240-Across-Cabinets/m-p/51317#M3618 martin_fisher 2013-02-07T12:05:57Z