IBM TotalStorage DS4300 Turbo, Installation And User Manual

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RAID controllers with 1 GB of memory, instead of the standard 256-MB
memory
v Entitlements for IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and DS4300 controller
firmware version 9.1.
v Ability to connect up to seven DS4000 EXP storage expansion
enclosures
v Entitlement for eight partitions using the Storage Partitioning premium
feature
DS4300 Model 60U/60X
The DS4300 dual-controller storage server (Model 60U/60X) includes two RAID
controllers, two power supplies, and two cooling units and provides dual, redundant
controllers, redundant cooling, redundant power, and battery backup of the RAID
controller cache.
This DS4300 storage server is designed to provide maximum host- and drive- side
redundancy. Each RAID controller supports direct attachment of one host containing
one or two host adapters.
Note: You must make Fibre Channel connections to both DS4300 controllers to
ensure full host-side redundancy.
Utilizing these features with the 14 internal disk drive modules, up to 112 disk drives
can be attached to the DS4300 with individual drive module capacities ranging from
36.4 to 146.8 GB.
DS4300 Turbo Model 60U/60X
The standard DS4300 dual-controller storage server (Model 60U/60X) supports a
maximum of three EXP storage expansion enclosures. In order to support up to
seven EXP units, you must purchase the DS4300 Turbo option.
The DS4300 Turbo option consists of:
v Two 1-GB memory RAID controllers
v Storage Manager and firmware at 9.1 level
v License for connecting up to seven EXP storage expansion enclosures
v Entitlement for eight partitions using the Storage Partitioning premium feature
DS4000 EXP storage expansion enclosures
You can add up to seven DS4000 EXP storage expansion enclosures to the
DS4300 dual-controller storage server (Model 60U/60X).
Notes:
1. The DS4300 single-controller storage server (Model 6LU/6LX) does not support
DS4000 EXP storage expansion enclosures.
2. You do not need to purchase optional DS4000 storage expansion enclosure
entitlements to attach EXP100s to DS4300 Turbo storage servers. In addition,
you can now intermix Fibre Channel drives (DS4300 Turbo storage server,
EXP700/710 storage expansion enclosures) and SATA drives (EXP100 storage
expansion enclosures) if the following conditions are met:
v
You have purchased and installed the FC/SATA Enclosure Intermix premium
feature
Chapter 1. Introduction
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