ESS Series
User’s Manual
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ESS5024S
Cascade
No.
4
4
4
2
HDD No.
88
88
120
120
ESS5048S
Cascade
No.
3
3
3
1
HDD No.
96
96
120
96
ESS5064S
Cascade
No.
2
2
2
1
HDD No.
96
96
112
112
EVS5000
Cascade
No.
2
2
2
1
HDD No.
48
48
64
64
EVS7024S
Cascade
No.
4
4
4
2
HDD No.
88
88
120
120
EVS7048S
Cascade
No.
3
3
3
1
HDD No.
96
96
120
96
5.8.1.2
Dual-Controller Series
For the dual-controller series product, there are two main control modules and it can only
connect to the dual-controller host.
Please refer to the following sheet for host model they can connect to and then recommend HDD
amount and max HDD amount.
Enclosure
Host
ESS3116D-J
ESS3124D-J
ESS5016D
Cascade
No.
4
4
HDD No.
80
112
ESS5024D
Cascade
No.
4
4
HDD No.
88
120
ESS5064D
Cascade
No.
2
2
HDD No.
96
112
EVS7024D
Cascade
No.
4
4
HDD No.
88
120
5.8.2 Cascade Connection Sample
5.8.2.1
Single-Controller Series
Important
Please use SAS cable to connect the main control module of the disk array enclosure to
the main control module of the host respectively. Otherwise, it may result in disk array
enclosure error if you misconnect or forgot to connect the SAS cable!
When connect ESS2016X to ESS2016X-J, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-17.