M6412 disk enclosures
The M6412 disk enclosure contains the disk drives used for data storage; a storage system contains
multiple disk enclosures. The major components of the enclosure are:
•
12-bay enclosure
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Dual-loop, Fibre Channel drive enclosure I/O modules
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Copper Fibre Channel cables
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Fibre Channel disk drives and drive blanks
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Power supplies
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Fan modules
NOTE:
An EVA4400 requires a minimum of one disk shelf with eight disk drives.
Enclosure layout
The disk drives mount in
top to bottom and left to right. A drive is referred to by its bay number (see
indicators are located at the right of each disk.
view of the disk enclosure.
16
EVA4400 hardware
bays
in the front of the enclosure. The bays are numbered sequentially from
Figure 3
Figure
shows the front and
Figure 4
2). Enclosure status
shows the rear