Hp Storageworks 600 Modular Disk System - HP 2000sa Deployment Manual

HP StorageWorks 600 Modular Disk System

The HP StorageWorks 600 Modular Disk System (MDS600) is a Serial Attach SCSI (SAS) storage
enclosure. The MDS600 supports 3.5" SAS or Serial ATA (SATA) drives and attaches to HP c7000
or c3000 BladeSystem enclosures via the HP 3Gb SAS BL Switch. The MDS600 has two, 35-drive
drawers for a total of 70 drives.
Key features of the MDS600 include:
5U design, with seventy (70) 3.5–inch hot-pluggable SAS or SATA drive bays.
Four power supplies for maximum redundancy and fault-tolerance.
Drive bay zoning support (when attached to an HP 3Gb SAS BL Switch in a BladeSystem
c-Class enclosure), which presents only the drives included in the assigned zone group to the
server.
Choice of 3.5" Serial ATA (SATA) midline, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) midline, or Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise drives.
Support for 1.5G or 3G SATA drives linking at 1.5G.
Support for 3G or 6G SAS drives linking at 3G.
Support to hot-add the MDS600 to a BladeSystem solution.
NOTE: MDS600 I/O Module SAS ports link at 3G to the HP 3Gb SAS BL Switch.
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