Chapter 1: Introduction
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The front view of the subsystem without the bezel installed is shown below:
Enclosure Front View without Bezel
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Drive bays with drive tray canisters: The subsystem comes
with twelve (12) drive bays in the front section of the chassis.
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LCD keypad panel: The LCD panel is mounted on the left-side
forearm handle. The panel comes with status LEDs, function
keys, and a mute button.
1.1.2.4 Hard Disk Drive Numbering
The front section of the enclosure houses twelve (12) hard drives in a
4x3 configuration. When viewed from the front, the drive bays (slots)
are numbered 1 to 12 from left to right and then from top to bottom.
Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6
Slot 7
Slot 8
Slot 9
Slot 10
Slot 11
Slot 12
Hard Drive Numbering
Knowing the tray numbering sequence is extremely important when
you replace a failed drive. If a RAID5 array already has a failed drive,
and you accidentally remove the wrong drive, data loss will occur.
