dual
redundant
RAID
controllers
and
power
supplies,
and
supports
storage
capacity
expansion
using
external
DS4000
EXP
storage
expansion
enclosures.
Note:
This
upgrade
does
not
come
with
any
entitlements
to
attach
DS4000
EXP
storage
expansion
enclosures.
Once
the
DS4300
storage
subsystem
is
upgraded,
you
can
purchase
up
to
three
DS4000
EXP
storage
expansion
enclosure
attachment
entitlements
to
provide
additional
storage
capacity
beyond
the
DS4300
internal
drive
lots.
IBM
DS4300
Model
6LU/6LX
Turbo
Upgrade
(IBM
P/N
24P8964)
Use
this
product
to
upgrade
to
the
DS4300
Turbo
option,
which
provides
dual
redundant
RAID
controllers
and
power
supplies
in
addition
to
the
following
features:
v
RAID
controllers
with
1
GB
of
memory,
instead
of
the
standard
256-MB
memory
v
Support
for
IBM
DS4000
Storage
Manager
and
DS4300
controller
firmware
version
6.12.xx.xx
and
higher.
v
Ability
to
connect
up
to
seven
14-drive
DS4000
EXP
storage
expansion
enclosures
Note:
If
there
are
any
DS4000
EXP
16-drive
storage
expansion
enclosures
(such
as
the
EXP810)
in
the
DS4300
drive
loop,
the
maximum
number
of
storage
expansion
enclosures
that
can
be
attached
to
the
DS4300
storage
subsystem
is
reduced
to
6
instead
of
7.
See
“Connecting
storage
expansion
enclosures
to
the
DS4300”
on
page
45
for
more
information.
v
Entitlement
for
eight
partitions
using
the
Storage
Partitioning
premium
feature
DS4300
Model
60U/60X
The
DS4300
dual-controller
storage
subsystem
(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
subsystem
is
designed
to
provide
maximum
host-
and
drive-
side
redundancy.
Each
RAID
controller
supports
direct
attachment
of
up
to
two
hosts
containing
two
fibre
channel
host
adapters.
Note:
You
must
make
Fibre
Channel
connections
to
both
DS4300
controllers
to
ensure
full
host-side
redundancy.
The
latest
versions
of
the
IBM
DS4000
host
software
and
the
DS4000
controller
firmware
on
the
DS4000
System
Storage
Support
Web
site
that
support
the
DS4300
dual-controller
Model
60U/60X
storage
subsystem
are
version
9
and
6.19.xx.xx,
respectively.
Utilizing
these
features
with
the
14
internal
disk
drive
expansion
enclosures
(EXP700/EXP710/EXP100),
up
to
112
disk
drives
can
be
attached
to
the
DS4300
with
individual
fibre
channel
disk
drive
module
(DDM)
capacities
ranging
from
36.4
to
300
GB
or
individual
SATA
disk
drive
module
(DDM)
capacities
ranging
from
250
GB
to
400
GB.
In
addition,
the
DS4300
can
be
attached
to
six
16
internal
disk
drive
expansion
enclosures
(EXP810),
allowing
a
max
of
110
disk
drives
can
be
attached
Chapter
1.
Introduction
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