Chapter 1: Introduction
supports all advanced RAID technologies and fault tolerance by
redundant pairs of other modules.
1.2 Chassis
Overview
The S12E RAID storage is housed in a 2U robust chassis that is
divided into the front and the rear sections. Key components are
respectively accessed through the front and rear panels. The
enclosure chassis can be mounted into a standard 19-inch rack or
enclosure cabinet using support brackets that are separately-
purchased.
NOTE:
Components accessed through the front panel are referred to as
“
Front Panel Components
” and components accessed through
the rear panel are referred to as “
Rear Panel Components
.”
1.2.1
Front Panel Overview
The front section of the subsystem features a 4x3 layout for twelve
(12) 3.5-inch disk drives. (See
Figure 1-2
) The two (2) handles on
the front of the subsystem enable you to easily extract the chassis
from a rack or cabinet. The front view is shown below. A description
of each front panel component is given below:
Figure 1-2: S12E Front View
The front panel components include:
•
Drive bays with drive tray canisters:
The drive bays
accommodate either SAS or SATA-II 3.5” disk drives.
•
LCD keypad panel and handles:
The 2 rows x 16 characters-
wide LCD panel is mounted on the left-side handle. The panel
comes with status LEDs, function keys, and a mute button.
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