LSI SAS6160 - Manual (Page 7)

LSI Corporation | September 2010 Page 7
LSISAS6160 SAS Switch User Guide Chapter 1: Overview | Serial Attached SCSI and the SAS6160 Switch
The following figure shows how the SAS6160 switch centralizes management of all
application servers and data storage devices in the SAS domain.
Figure 2: LSISAS6160 Resource Management
In this simplified representation, the servers at the top of the diagram must access data
on the storage devices in the lower part of the diagram. The SAS6160 switch manages
the SAS configuration, allowing both servers to access all storage devices. Or, if zoning
is used, single application servers can access specific storage devices exclusively.
GR000006
GR000006
Server
Server
JBOD
JBOD
RBOD
JBOD
RBOD
PC for Access to
SDM-GUI or SDM-CLI
LSISAS6160
Switch