Drive Configurations - Silicon Graphics InfiniteStorage C1104-GP6 System User's Manual

Hard Drives (ISS C1104-GP6 Chassis)

Drive Configurations

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The ISS C1104-GP6 chassis option supports a maximum of four 3.5-inch hard disk drives, see
Figure 5-3 for an example. Install the drives from left to right starting in the left bay.
All drive bays must be populated with either a drive or a "drive blank" to maintain system
thermals. Failure to follow this guideline may cause system overheating and thermal shutdown of
the unit.
Important: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-swap
capability and RAID functions of the drives.
3.5" Disk Drives (4)
Figure 5-3
ISS C1104-GP6 System Four-Drive Locations Example
The disk drive RAID configuration supported in the SGI ISS C1104-GP6 servers are outlined in
the paragraphs that follow. Note that some configurations are dependent on use of optional
hardware to support RAID configurations.
The supported disk drive configurations are as follows:
• JBOD
This non-RAID disk array supports any number of drives installed in the server. The
operating system is placed on the disk drive in location 0 (system disk). All other drives are
data drives.
• RAID 1
Disk "mirroring", supports exactly two drives. The two drives represent one RAID 1 logical
Hard Drives (ISS C1104-GP6 Chassis)
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