Chapter 1: Basic Operations
DXi6900 G2 Array and Expansion Modules
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Figure 10:
DXi6900 G2 Node - Power Supply LED
1 - Power supply status indicator and handle
DXi6900 G2 Array and Expansion Modules
The DXi6900 G2 Array modules (RBODs) and Expansion modules (EBODs) are used to provide additional
capacity (backup data storage) for the DXi6900 system. Each DXi6900 G1/G2 Array or Expansion module
contains 12 drive carriers and provides 34 TB of licensable storage.
The DXi6900 G2 can include 1 or 2 Array modules (RBODs). Array modules connect to the Node and
contain dual RAID controllers, which provide storage management logic. The DXi6900 G1/G2 includes 0 to
13 Expansion modules (EBODs), which connect in a chain to the Array modules, and which provide
additional storage capacity only.