Optional Components; Figure 6 Controller Module Ports, Sample Sas 4-Port - Seagate Exos X 4006 Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Optional components

Occasionally, you may configure the storage enclosure to operate without all of its components. The most common reason is
to perform in-field maintenance. Temperature and airflow requirements for 2U enclosures mandate you immediately use
blanks to replace modules you remove and adhere to all specified time limitations for replacement.
Carrier blank— For 2U enclosures not fully populated, occupies any empty drive slot to secure proper airflow
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Controller blank— For 2U enclosures configured with a single controller, occupies the empty controller slot to secure
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19 Chapter 2 System overview
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Description Function
SAS 12 Gb/s ports Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 12 Gb/s data exchange with host computer
Mfg USB port Manufacturing Universal Serial Bus (USB) port: do not use
CLI USB port Serial command line interface port used to manage the system
Ethernet port Ethernet connection to host system
SAS expansion port SAS expansion 12 Gb/s data exchange with other expansion enclosures

Figure 6 Controller module ports, sample SAS 4-port

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