Supported Disk Drives - IBM Flex System V7000 Introduction And Implementation Manual

Figure 2-8 is a logical block diagram of the expansion canister.
Figure 2-8 Logical block diagram for control canister

2.4.3 Supported disk drives

Both the IBM Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure and the IBM Flex System V7000
Expansion Enclosure support up to 24 2.5 inch disk drives in their enclosures. Table 2-4
shows all the possible drive types that can be used in the internal enclosure drive slots at the
time of writing.
Table 2-4
Drive capacity
146 GB
300 GB
300 GB
600 GB
900 GB
500 GB
1 TB
200 GB
400 GB
The disk drives connect to the Flex System Enterprise chassis through the midplane
interconnect for their power. Also, in the control enclosure, the midplane interconnect is used
for the internal control and I/O paths. The expansion enclosures use Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS) connections on the front of the control and expansion canisters for disk I/O and control
commands.
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node internal supported drives
Drive speed
15 KRPM SAS
15 KRPM SAS
10 KRPM SAS
10 KRPM SAS
10 KRPM SAS
7500 RPM NL SAS
7500 RPM NL SAS
SSD SAS
SSD SAS
Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node
Drive physical size
2.5 inch
2.5 inch
2.5 inch
2.5 inch
2.5 inch
2.5 inch
2.5 inch
2.5 inch
2.5 inch
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