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- Page 1 Expansion Enclosure Guide Version: 7.3 Updated: April 2019 Abstract: This guide contains instructions and system limitations for adding expansion enclosures to Infortrend storage system without affecting its existing storage operations.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
EonStor DS 1000/2000/3000 & GS/GSe 1000 SAS 6Gb/s Model Expansion Table ..13 Previous G7/G7i Model Expansion Table ..............14 Previous G6 Model Expansion Table ................15 Copyright © 2019 Infortrend Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 2 / 15... -
Page 3: Introduction
Most of the products have onboard SAS ports to connect expansion enclosures and some models support SAS expansion board to connect more expansion systems. Take a look at the table below for Infortrend’s products, the maximum number of drives, and their supported interfaces: Hybrid SAS Interface... -
Page 4: Hybrid Expansion Enclosures
Infortrend allows some models to support hybrid expansion enclosure connections. The onboard SAS expansion port (either dual or single port) supports up to 448 drives for each expansion chain, which is limited by the SAS chip used. Infortrend also offers SAS 12 Gb/s expansion board for some models, which uses the same SAS chip as the onboard expansion ports. You can use twice the supported number of drives of up to 896 (1792 for EonStor GS/GSc 5000) by cascading the second expansion chain via the expansion host boards. - Page 5 Figure 2: Hybrid Expansion Enclosures Expansion Board 896 Drives within 896 Drives within 15 Expansion Enclosures 15 Expansion Enclosures Figure 3: Hybrid Expansion Enclosures of EonStor GS/GSc 5000 Copyright © 2019 Infortrend Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 5 / 15...
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Page 6: Expansion Enclosure Connections
SAS protocol for expansion. SAS 12 Gb/s Storage System For Infortrend storage systems with SAS 12 Gb/s drive-side, the onboard SAS expansion ports are marked as IN. Figure 4: SAS 12 Gb/s Storage System Onboard Expansion Port For any type of expansion enclosure, connect a SAS cable (blue) from the primary controller's SAS expansion port of the storage system to the primary controller's OUT SAS port of the first expansion enclosure. - Page 7 Infortrend Expansion Guide Figure 7: Connecting single-controller expansions using the onboard SAS 12Gb/s expansion ports Figure 8: Connecting dual-controller expansions using the onboard SAS 12Gb/s expansion ports Copyright © 2019 Infortrend Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 7 / 15...
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Page 8: Sas 6 Gb/S Storage System
SAS 6 Gb/s Storage System For SAS 6 Gb/s drive-side storage system, the SAS expansion ports are marked as OUT. Figure 9: SAS 6 Gb/s Storage System Onboard Expansion Port For any type of expansion enclosure, attach a SAS cable (blue) from the primary controller's SAS OUT port of the storage system to the primary controller's IN SAS port of the expansion enclosure. -
Page 9: Model Classification (Single And Redundant)
Infortrend Expansion Guide Model Classification (Single and Redundant) Infortrend products, especially the high-availability models, are also classified by the number of controllers: single and redundant. Redundant storage models are expandable via the redundant expansion enclosure. Single storage models, on the other hand, are expandable via the single expansion enclosures. -
Page 10: Expansion Enclosure On-Line Expanding
In most cases, at least one long SAS cable is required. Copyright © 2019 Infortrend Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 10 / 15... -
Page 11: Reconnecting The Redundant Sas Path (For Redundant Models Only)
Do take note that adding a newly-added expansion enclosure also sets the Hot-Add feature, which may cause delay or pause for about 10-20 seconds on the host I/O. The delay/pause time may vary depending on the operating system, drivers, and other factors. Copyright © 2019 Infortrend Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 11 / 15... -
Page 12: Installing The Newly Added Drives
If the management tool does not display the newly-added enclosures, click Data Reload from the upper-right corner of the GUI to refresh the screen. Figure 15: Data Reload button on Embedded RAIDWatch Copyright © 2019 Infortrend Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 12 / 15... -
Page 13: Eonstor Ds 1000/2000/3000 & Gs/Gse 1000 Sas 6Gb/S Model Expansion Table
GS1024 (SAS 6Gb/s) 5 x JB 2060(L) / JB 3060(L) 14 x JB 2024B / JB 3024B GS1024B (SAS 6Gb/s) 5 x JB 2060(L) / JB 3060(L) Copyright © 2019 Infortrend Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 13 / 15... -
Page 14: Previous G7/G7I Model Expansion Table
1 x ESDS S16S-J2000-S/ JB 2016S + 4 x ESDS S48S-J2000-G 4 x ESDS S48S-J2000-G (4U) S48F-R2852-6 4 x ESDS S48S-J2000-R S48F-R2652-4 S48F-G2852-6 4 x ESDS S48S-J2000-G S48F-G2652-4 Copyright © 2019 Infortrend Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 14 / 15... -
Page 15: Previous G6 Model Expansion Table
5 x ESDS S16S-J2000-S/ JB 2016S S24S-G2240-4 S24S-G2240 S24F-R2840-4 5 x ESDS S16S-J2000-R/ JB 2016R S48F-G2842-6 4 x ESDS S48S-J2000-G (4U) S48F-R2842-6 4 x ESDS S48S-J2000-R (4U) Copyright © 2019 Infortrend Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 15 / 15...
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