System Details
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Avid NEXIS | PRO with Controller 10 in Slot 1 (for 4TB SATA Drives)
Rear View Features of 2U Chassis
4U Chassis Details
The Avid NEXIS | E4 uses a 4U chassis.
4U Chassis Front View and Details
The front of the chassis has a removable bezel (not shown). Removing the bezel allows access to the
drive slots. The Avid NEXIS | E4 Engine supports two Media Packs (10 drives each) for media
storage and two system drives. As shipped from Avid, the system drives occupy the first two slots in
the Engine (0 and 1). Drive slot numbering is shown below.
The drives in the Avid NEXIS | E4 Engine are numbered from top left (0) to bottom right (23), as
shown.
Component
Notes
Power Supply/Cooling Modules
(PCM)
764W power supply and cooling fan modules.
The left power supply is numbered 0, the right is numbered 1, in event and
error messages.
Controller
Avid NEXIS | PRO (2TB drives)—Uses one Controller in slot 0
only
Avid NEXIS | PRO (4TB drives)—Uses one Controller in slot 1
only
,
upside down (can be one of two types of Controllers)
Redundant controllers not supported in any Avid NEXIS | PRO.
Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD uses only one Controller, which must be upside
down in slot 1 (bottom slot).
Avid NEXIS | E2 and System Director Appliance can use one or two
(redundant) Controllers. The second Controller is upside down in slot 1
(bottom slot).