IBM TotalStorage DS4100, Инструкция по установке, использованию и обслуживанию

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(and 1710 if you are connecting DS4000 EXP100 expansion units to the
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Features at a glance
Table 8 summarizes the features of the storage server. For a list of the operating
specifications, such as weight, height, and heat output, see Table 9 on page 14.
Table 8. Features at a glance
General
v Modular components:
– High-capacity SATA disk drives
– RAID controllers
– Power supplies
– Cooling fans
v
Technology:
– Support for disk arrays
– Support for clustering
– Fibre channel host interface
– Redundant data storage, RAID
controllers, and power system (base
storage server only)
– Hot-swap technology for drives and
fans
– Hot-swap technology for RAID
controllers and power supplies (base
storage server only)
– DS4100 single-controller has a
non-redundant hard disk drive
interface, power supply, and RAID
controller. However, it does offer a
redundant cooling system.
Attention: You will lose access to data if
you attempt to hot-swap the controller or
power-supply components in a DS4100
single-controller storage server.
v User interface:
– Built-in power, activity, and fault light
emitting diodes (LEDs)
– Identification labeling on customer
replaceable units (CRUs), rear LEDs,
switches, and connectors
– Easy-to-replace drives, power
supplies, RAID controllers, and fans
Disk drive storage
1.5 Gbps SATA hard disk drives
Maximum drives per storage server: 14
Attached Expansion Units (base
storage server only)
2 Gbps connections only
RAID controllers
v Technology and interfaces:
– Fibre channel: 40-pin fibre channel
disk drives
– Fibre channel interface:
- For base storage server: six
small form-factor pluggable (SFP)
ports for incoming and outgoing
fibre-channel cables (three SFP
ports on each RAID controller)
- For single-controller storage
server: three SFP ports for
incoming and outgoing
fibre-channel cables
Note: The SFP port labelled
Expansion is not active).
– Two 1 Gbps/2 Gbps
(auto-negotiated) fibre channel host
side connections per controller
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IBM TotalStorage DS4100 Storage Server: Installation, User’s, and Maintenance Guide