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Typographical Conventions
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Typographical Conventions
The following typographical conventions are used in the user’s guide:
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Menu items are displayed in the format: “Array Configuration menu,
choose
View Unused Drives.”
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Code font
will indicate literal text used in examples.
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Italic code font
indicates a replaceable or variable item in code.
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Italic
text indicates the item that is selected or chosen.
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Key strokes are enclosed in brackets, e.g., <Esc>, <K>, or <Enter>.
Features
The NexStor 4700S Series RAID Storage Systems are designed for lower cost high
capacity or high performance applications.
The following are major features of the NexStor 4700S Series Storage Systems:
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Ultra320 SCSI-to-Serial ATA storage system enclosure.
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Hot pluggable Serial ATA disk drives, 12 per enclosure.
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Hot pluggable cooling fan module which includes dual in-line fans.
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A standard AC power supply with an option for a redundant second power
supply.
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Optional DC power supply with an option for a redundant second power
supply.
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Supports SAF-TE, an industry standard enclosure management and
onboard environmental monitoring.
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Designed to fit standard 19-inch rack enclosures or a deskside tower.
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Front panel LEDs provide notifications of system component status, and
logical and physical drive status.
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SCSI-SATA RAID Controller employs an Intel XScale 600MHz RISC
processor.
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512 MB or 1GB cache memory using 266MHz DDR SDRAM.
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Dual 8-port Serial ATA 1.5 Gb disk controllers.
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