Item
Description
3
16U SFF or LFF drive chassis
4
8U space
Figure 2 Rack numbers
Table 2 Supported block module components
Chassis
Description
Maximum chassis / drives per system
Single-controller system
Two-controller system
Controller
10U x 1 controller
1
2
SFF
16U x 192 2.5-inch HDD
drives
6 / 1,152
12 / 2,304
LFF
16U x 96 3.5-inch HDD drives 6 / 576
12 / 1152
FMD
8U x 48 FMD drives
6 / 288
12 / 576
SFF / LFF
SSD drives
192 max
384 max
Table 3 Supported minimum configuration options
Number of VSD pairs
1
2 or 3
4
5
6 or 7
8
No. of controller chassis
1
1
1
2
2
2
Min cache memory (GB)
64
64
64
64
128
128
Cache Backup kit
1
1
1
1
2
2
front-end directors
1
1
1
1
1
1
back-end directors
0
0
0
0
0
0
Number of racks
1
1
1
1
*
1
*
1
*
Drive chassis(SFF/LFF/
FMD)
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
*
Assumes both controllers are housed in a single rack. Two separate racks are required if the
controllers are separately housed.
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000, G1500, and Virtual Storage Platform F1500 Hardware Guide
