Enclosure variants
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Enclosure variants
The 2U chassis can be configured as a controller enclosure (DS6200, DS4200, or DS2200) or an expansion
enclosure (DS EXP) as shown in
. The 5U chassis can be configured as a expansion enclosure
(DS EXP) as shown in
.
IMPORTANT: The 2U and 5U core products–including key components and CRUs–are described herein.
Although many CRUs differ between the form factors, the IOMs are common to 2U12, 2U24, and 5U84 chassis.
.
2U12
12 x LFF (Large Form Factor) disk drives
1-Redundant PCMs must be compatible modules of the same type (both AC).
2-Supported controller module IOMs include 4-port or 2-port FC/iSCSI and 4-port or 2-port HD mini-SAS.
Supported expansion module IOMs are used in expansion enclosures for adding storage.
2U24
24 x SFF (Small Form Factor) disk drives
1-Redundant PCMs must be compatible modules of the same type (both AC).
2-Supported controller module IOMs include 4-port or 2-port FC/iSCSI and 4-port or 2-port HD mini-SAS.
Supported expansion module IOMs are used in expansion enclosures for adding storage.
D3284
84 x LFF or SFF disk drives (not interchangeable) held in two 42-slot vertically-stacked drawers.
1-The D3284 is not supported by DS2200. The D3284 is compatible with DS6200 and DS4200 controllers.
2-Redundant PSUs must be compatible modules of the same type (both AC).
3-The fan control module is a separate CRU (not integrated into a PCM).
4-The D3284 uses the same 3-port expansion canister used in the 2U EBODs.
Table 3 2U12 enclosure variants
Product
Configuration
PCMs
1
IOMs
2
DS4200
12Gb/s direct dock LFF SAS
2
2
DS2200
12Gb/s direct dock LFF SAS
2
2
DS EXP
12Gb/s direct dock LFF SAS
2
2
Table 4 2U24 enclosure variants
Product
Configuration
PCMs
1
IOMs
2
DS6200
12Gb/s direct dock SFF SAS
2
2
DS4200
12Gb/s direct dock SFF SAS
2
2
DS2200
12Gb/s direct dock SFF SAS
2
2
DS EXP
12Gb/s direct dock SFF SAS
2
2
Table 5 D3284 enclosure variants
Product
1
Configuration
PSUs
2
FCMs
3
IOMs
4
D3284
12Gb/s direct dock SFF SAS
2
5
2
