IBM TotalStorage FAStT600, Installation And User Manual

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Table 8. Features at a glance
General
v Modular components:
– High-capacity disk drives
– RAID controllers
– Power supplies
– Cooling fans
v
Technology:
– Support for disk arrays
– Support for clustering
– Fibre Channel host interface
– Redundant data storage, cooling
system, power system, and RAID
controllers
– Hot-swap technology for drives,
power supplies, fans, and RAID
controllers
v User interface:
– Built-in power, activity, and fault Light
Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
– Identification labeling on customer
replaceable units (CRUs), rear LEDs,
switches, and connectors
– Easy-to-replace drives, power
supplies, RAID controllers, and fans
Disk drive storage
2Gb Fibre Channel enclosure
Maximum drives per storage server: 14
Attached Expansion Units
Attachment of drive expansion units
(EXP700’s) requires one or more
EXP700 Attachment option (or feature)
upgrades for the FAStT600
2 Gb connection only
RAID controllers
v Technology and interfaces:
– Fibre channel: 40-pin FC disk drives
– Fibre Channel interface: six small
form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules
for incoming and outgoing FC cables
(three SFPs on each RAID
controller)
– Two 2Gb Fibre Channel host side
connections per controller
Clustering support
Clustering is a means of sharing array groups among controllers to provide
redundancy of controllers and servers. This redundancy is important if a hardware
component fails. If a hardware component failure occurs in a cluster, another server
takes ownership of the array group.
Clustering requires software specific to your operating system. For more information
about clustering, go to the following Web site:
www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/nos/cert.shtml
Inventory checklist
After you unpack the storage server, verify that you have the following items:
Hardware
IBM FAStT600 Storage Server comes with the following components:
v
Two RAID controllers
v Two fan units
v
Two power supplies
v Two power cords
v
14 filler panels
v
Rack-mounting hardware kit (1)
– Two rails (right and left assembly)
– Ten M6 screws
– Ten M6 cage nuts
– Ten M6 clip nuts
Software and documentation:
v IBM FAStT Storage Manager Version 8.3 CD including:
– IBM FAStT Storage Manager Version 8.3
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