Contents
1 Hardware.............................................................................................................7
Overview...............................................................................................................................................7
LFF Front view.................................................................................................................................8
Drive bay numbering..................................................................................................................8
Rear view.........................................................................................................................................8
SFF Front view................................................................................................................................9
Drive bay numbering..................................................................................................................9
Rear view.......................................................................................................................................10
Disk drives..........................................................................................................................................11
Disk drive LEDs.............................................................................................................................11
Disk drive blanks...........................................................................................................................11
Front status and UID module..............................................................................................................12
Front UID module LEDs................................................................................................................12
Power supply module.........................................................................................................................13
Power supply module LED............................................................................................................13
Fan module.........................................................................................................................................14
Fan module LEDs..........................................................................................................................14
I/O module..........................................................................................................................................15
I/O module LEDs...........................................................................................................................15
Rear power and UID module..............................................................................................................16
Powering on...................................................................................................................................16
Cables.................................................................................................................................................16
Physical specifications........................................................................................................................18
Acoustic noise levels..........................................................................................................................18
3 Deployment types..............................................................................................20
4 Installation.........................................................................................................21
Installation overview...........................................................................................................................21
Required items....................................................................................................................................21
Preliminary tasks................................................................................................................................22
Striping methods......................................................................................................................24
RAID levels...............................................................................................................................24
Disk drive sizes and types........................................................................................................25
Spare disks...............................................................................................................................26
Array sizing...............................................................................................................................26
Preparing the site................................................................................................................................27
Racking the disk enclosure.................................................................................................................28
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