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Disk Drives
The disk drives store user data. A disk drive has three components: a hard drive, a hard
drive carrier, and an adapter card for connecting the disk drive to the midplane. The disk
drives are replaceable components.
Each drive module contains 12 disk drives. The disk drives are Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
disk drives.
Access to the disk drives is from the front of the drive module.
drive that is being inserted into a drive module.
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The disk drives in your module might differ in appearance from those shown
here. The variation does not affect their function.
Figure 11 Service for the Disk Drive is from the Front of the Module
The physical locations of the disk drives are numbered 1 through 12, from left to right and
top to bottom.
shows the disk drive numbering.
Figure 12 Disk Drive Numbering
Each disk drive has two ports. Each port has a separate number. Having two ports enables
both ESMs to access a drive through the different port numbers.
lists the disk
drives and the port number each ESM uses for a disk drive.
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