Inside the Box of the Dell PowerVault MD3600f
Series Storage Array
Your MD3600f Series product package includes:
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Dell PowerVault MD3600f Series storage array
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Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver (2 per controller)
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Fiber optic cables (optional)
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Power cables (2)
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Front bezel (optional)
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Mounting rails (2) (optional)
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MD3600f Series resource media
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Rack Installation Instructions
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Getting Started With Your System (provides an overview of enclosure
features, setting up your enclosure, and technical specifications)
MD3600f Series Storage Array
The MD3600f Series is a 2U rack-mounted external redundant array of
independent disks (RAID) storage array capable of accommodating up to
twelve 3.5" or twenty four 2.5" 6.0-Gbps Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) disks.
The MD3600f Series storage arrays can be daisy-chained with MD1200 Series
expansion enclosures, providing access to a maximum of 120 disks (or 192
disks with Premium Feature activation) in the entire storage array.
Connectivity between the storage array and the host server is provided by a
Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapter (HBA).
Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager
Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) is a graphical user
interface (GUI) application, used to configure and manage one or more
MD3600f Series storage arrays. The MDSM software is located on the
MD3600f Series resource media.
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Introduction