Preparing For An E2700 Controller-Drive Tray Installation; Key Terms; Gathering Items; Basic Hardware - Bosch DSA E-Series (E2700) Installation Manual

DSA E-Series (E2700)
4 Preparing for an E2700 controller-drive tray
installation
Storage arrays consist of a E2700 controller-drive tray model and can have eight or twelve
drive trays in a cabinet:
Use this document to install the E2700 controller-drive tray model and all necessary drive
trays for your configuration.
Notice!
Possible hardware damage
To prevent electrostatic discharge damage to the tray, use proper antistatic protection when
handling tray components.
4.1

Key terms

storage array
A collection of both physical components and logical components for storing data. Physical
components include drives, controllers, fans, and power supplies. Logical components include
disk pools, volume groups, and volumes. These components are managed by the storage
management software.
controller-drive tray
One tray with drives, one or two controllers, fans, and power supplies. The controller-drive
tray provides the interface between a host and a storage array.
controller
A circuit board and firmware that is located within a controller tray or a controller-drive tray. A
controller manages the input/output (I/O) between the host system and data volumes.
drive tray
One tray with drives, one or two environmental services modules (ESMs), power supplies, and
fans. A drive tray does not contain controllers.
environmental services module (ESM)
A canister in the drive tray that monitors the status of the components. An ESM also serves as
the connection point to transfer data between the drive tray and the controller.
4.2

Gathering items

Before you start installing the controller-drive tray, you must have installed the cabinet in
which the controller-drive tray will be mounted.
Use the tables in this section to verify that you have all of the necessary items to install the
controller-drive tray.
Notice!
Possible hardware damage
To prevent electrostatic discharge damage to the tray, use proper antistatic protection when
handling tray components.
4.2.1

Basic hardware

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