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DD6300, DD6800, and DD9300 cabling
There are a few rules that must be followed when adding a mixture of and other shelf
types to your system.
CAUTION
If a system does not follow ALL of these rules it is not a legitimate configuration.
Prerequisites:
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You cannot exceed the maximum amount of raw capacity displayed in the cabling
table for each system.
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You cannot exceed the maximum number of shelves displayed in the cabling table
for each system.
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There are no specific placement or cabling requirements for SSD shelves, or the
metadata shelves for DD Cloud Tier configurations. These shelves can be installed
and cabled the same way as standard ES30 shelves.
Table 24 Minimum and maximum configurations
System
Appliance
Minimum
appliance shelf
count*
Max appliance shelf
count
DD6300
48 TB usable
0
1
DD6300 w/ Expansion 144 TB usable
1
5
DD6800
144 TB usable
2
28
DD6800 w/ Expansion 288 TB usable
2
28
DD6800 w/ High
Availability (HA)
288 TB usable
2
28
DD6800 w/ Extended
Retention (ER)
576 TB usable
2
28
DD6800 w/ DD Cloud
Tier
288 TB usable
(96 TB for DD
Cloud Tier)
2
28
DD6800 w/ HA and
DD Cloud Tier
288 TB usable
(96 TB for DD
Cloud Tier)
2
28
DD9300
384 TB usable
3
28
DD9300 w/ Expansion 720 TB usable
3
28
DD9300 w/ HA
720 TB usable
3
28
DD9300 w/ ER
1440 TB usable 7
28
DD9300 w/ DD Cloud
Tier
720 TB usable
(192 TB for DD
Cloud Tier)
7
28
Installing the Shelves
DD6300, DD6800, and DD9300 cabling
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