https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva5k-2c2d-configuration/m-p/4601450#M34535 I do believe you will need the CAB cable as it ties the shelves to the controllers. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:21:58 GMT Marcus Schack 2010-03-16T13:21:58Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva5k-2c2d-configuration/m-p/4601449#M34534 I will setup EVA5000 2C2D minimum configuration(4 disks per disk enclosure). I have no Shelf ID cable now. I wonder if the CAB cable must be required or not. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:47:47 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva5k-2c2d-configuration/m-p/4601449#M34534 PS LEE 2010-03-16T08:47:47Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva5k-2c2d-configuration/m-p/4601450#M34535 I do believe you will need the CAB cable as it ties the shelves to the controllers. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:21:58 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva5k-2c2d-configuration/m-p/4601450#M34535 Marcus Schack 2010-03-16T13:21:58Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva5k-2c2d-configuration/m-p/4601451#M34536 without the EAB cable none of the disk enclosures will have numbers and so all your disks will appear in the unmapped hardware folder in command view and no shelves will show up. Also the controllers need a Y cable as they need to be assigned the same ID. (7) Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:36:18 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva5k-2c2d-configuration/m-p/4601451#M34536 Greybeard 2010-03-18T16:36:18Z