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Chapter 1
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Storage System Features
The SGI TP900 is a 2U-high 8-drive storage system that provides compact, high-capacity,
high-availability JBOD (“just a bunch of disks”) storage for supported SGI servers. The
enclosure backplane connects the 8 drives on one SCSI bus. As an option, the storage
system can also be configured on two SCSI busses (two strings of 4 drives). The SGI
TP900 is rack-mountable and is designed to use SCSI Parallel Interface 3 (SPI-3) capable
Low Profile (1-inch high) 3.5-inch disk drives. The drive carriers accept SGI-qualified
10,000 or 15,000 rpm U160/U320 SCSI disk drives.
This chapter gives information on the basic features of the SGI TP900 SCSI storage
system in the following sections:
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“Enclosure Chassis” on page 2
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“Front Panel LEDs” on page 4
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“Plug-in Modules” on page 5
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“Storage System Bay Numbering Convention” on page 17
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