storage shelf configuration, there can be up to eighteen expansion slots. These slots are
labeled 6-23 as seen from the front of the system (callouts 6 through 23 in the following
illustration).
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Upgrade options:
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For a high performance shelf, you can add up to eighteen 7.68 TB SSDs (available
in six-packs). You can add storage with the system running and use the appliance
CLI software commands to expand the storage configuration.
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For a high capacity shelf, you can add eighteen 18 TB HDDs (available in an
eighteen-pack). You must power off the appliance, add storage, then re-image and
redeploy the appliance software. This is required to reconfigure the appliance from
the default high performance mode to high capacity mode.
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Expanding the base configuration storage shelf with 7.68 TB SSDs for high
performance. The base configuration has slots 0-5 with 7.68 TB drives for DATA/RECO.
Expansion SSDs are available in six-packs and are populated in shelf storage slots from
the bottom up to also be used for DATA/RECO, as follows:
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The first six expansion drives go into slots 6-11.
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The second six expansion drives go into slots 12-17.
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The third six expansion drives go into slots 18-23.
The following illustration shows the expanded drive configuration for 7.68 TB SSDs.
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