Chapter 1 - Product Overview
Components
Rear View of the 96-Bay Expansion Node
shows the major components on the rear of the 96-bay expansion node.
Figure 7
The rear view of the 96-bay expansion node.
Component
Description
Fans
Five hot-swappable fans provide the cooling for the 96-bay expansion node.
Power supplies
The 96-bay expansion node includes two power supplies to provide N+1
redundancy and fail-over protection.
• Each power supply has its own AC power connector.
• Each power supply has a single LED that lights to indicate when the power
is on and functioning normally.
SAS connectors
The rear panel of the 96-bay expansion node has two SAS ports used to
connect an expansion node to a BlackPearl system.
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