Overview Of The Exn3200 Storage Expansion Unit - IBM System Storage EXN3200 Installation And Setup Instructions

Hot-adding EXN3200s
You can hot-add an EXN3200 in the following cases:
v Directly to a controller in any supported storage system with an existing SAS HBA or onboard SAS
port
v To an existing stack of EXN3200 storage expansion units
For more information about hot-adding EXN3200s, see the IBM System Storage N series EXN3200 Hardware
and Service Guide.

Overview of the EXN3200 storage expansion unit

Refer to the following figures to familiarize yourself with the EXN3200 storage expansion unit.
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Figure 1. EXN3200 front view with bezel
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Bezel
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Shelf power LED
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Shelf fault LED
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Figure 2. EXN3200 front view without bezel
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Two-digit storage expansion unit ID digital
display
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Operator display panel
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Shelf activity LED
Two-digit shelf ID digital display
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Drive
Bays
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Left mounting flange
24 disk carriers containing two SATA HDDs each