Dd9500 And Dd9800 Cabling - Dell EMC Data Domain FS15 SSD Shelf Hardware Manual

Installing the Shelves

DD9500 and DD9800 cabling

Data Domain ES30 Expansion Shelf and FS15 SSD Shelf Hardware Guide
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Note
If a system installation does not follow ALL of these rules, it is not a legitimate
configuration.
Prerequisites:
Follow the minimum and maximum shelf capacity configuration provided in the
l
table.
You cannot have ES30 SATA and ES30 SAS shelves in the same set.
l
You cannot exceed the maximum amount of raw capacity displayed in the
l
product's cabling table.
You cannot exceed the maximum number of shelves displayed in the product's
l
cabling table.
You cannot have more than five ES30s in a single set (maximum of four is
l
preferred).
You can have seven ES30s for systems with Extended Retention software.
l
There are no specific placement or cabling requirements for SSD shelves, or the
l
metadata shelves for DD Cloud Tier configurations. These shelves can be installed
and cabled the same way as standard ES30 shelves.
Table 25 Minimum and maximum configurations
System DD9500
Appliance 864 TB usable
Minimum appliance 4
shelf count
Maximum appliance 30
shelf count
Extended Retention 1728 TB usable
systems (ER)
Maximum shelves 56
for ER
High Availability 864 TB usable
systems (HA)
Maximum shelves 42
for HA
DD Cloud Tier 1104 TB usable
systems
Maximum shelves 42
for DD Cloud Tier
The DD9500 base (non-Extended Retention) and HA systems supports six chains.
The following figures show cabling for base systems, HA systems, and systems with
the Extended Retention software option.
DD9500 w/ FS15 DD9800
864 TB usable 1008 TB usable
4 4
30 30
2016 TB usable 2016 TB usable
56 56
1008 TB usable 1008 TB usable
42 47
1248 TB usable 1248 TB usable
42 47