Features At A Glance; Clustering Support; Getting Help On The World Wide Web - IBM FAStT200 Installation And User Manual

Features at a glance

The following table summarizes the features of the storage server. For a list of the
operating specifications, such as weight, height, and heat output, see "Operating
specifications" on page 7.
Table 1. Features at a glance
General
• Modular components:
— High-capacity disk drives
— RAID controllers
— Power supplies
— Cooling fans
• Technology:
— Support for disk arrays
— Support for clustering
— Fibre Channel host interface
— Redundant data storage,
cooling system, power
system, and RAID controllers
— Hot-swap technology for
drives, power supplies, fans,
and RAID controllers

Clustering support

Clustering is a means of sharing array groups among controllers to provide
redundancy of controllers and servers. This redundancy is important if a hardware
component fails. If a hardware component failure occurs in a cluster, another server
takes ownership of the array group.
Clustering requires additional hardware and specialized software. For more
information about clustering, visit the following IBM Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/netfinity/clustering

Getting help on the World Wide Web

You can obtain up-to-date information about your storage server, a complete listing of
the options that are supported on your model, and information about other IBM server
products by accessing the IBM Web page at the following address:
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/netfinity
For more information, see "Getting help, service, and information" on page 67.
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IBM FAStT200 and FAStT200 HA Storage Servers Installation and User's Guide
• 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
Maximum drives per storage
server: 10
RAID controllers
• Technology and interfaces:
— Fibre Channel: 40-pin FC
disk drives
— Fibre Channel interface:
Four Gigabit Interface
Converter (GBIC) connectors
for incoming and outgoing
FC cables (two GBICs on
each RAID controller)