Drive Enclosure Components And Leds - HP 2000fc User Manual

Drive Enclosure Components and LEDs

A drive enclosure can be connected to a controller enclosure or to another drive
enclosure to provide additional disk storage capacity. Table 1-6 describes the drive
enclosure components.
Table 1-6 Drive Enclosure Components
Description
Expansion (I/O) module
SAS or SATA drive module
AC power and cooling module
3-Gbps, 4-lane SAS In port
3-Gbps, 4-lane SAS Out port
Service port (RS-232 micro-DB9)
1 Air-management system drive blanks or I/O blanks must fill empty slots to maintain optimum airflow through the chassis.
The components and LEDs on the front of a drive enclosure are the same as on a
controller enclosure; see Figure 1-1 and Table 1-2.
Quantity
1
1 or 2
2–12 per enclosure
2 per enclosure
1 per expansion module
1 per expansion module
1 per expansion module
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