Disk Drives - Sun Oracle Sun Storage 2500-M2 Arrays Hardware Installation Manual

Note – If the Service Action Required (Fault) LED is turned on but the Service
Action Allowed LED is turned off for a particular CRU or module, you might have
to service another component first. Check the Service Advisor feature of Sun Storage
Common Array Manager to determine the action you should take.

Disk Drives

Controller trays or expansion trays hold up to 12 disk drives, for a maximum of 48
disk drives in a storage array. To reach the maximum of 48 disk drives, the storage
array must consist of one controller tray and three expansion trays.
Access to disk drives is from the front of the tray.
Disk drives can be mixed, provided you adhere to these additional rules:
Use the same drive types within a virtual disk
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Assign hot spares to cover any disk drive failure
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FIGURE 1-10
Refer to the release notes for your array for supported drives.
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Disk drives for the Sun Storage 2500-M2 Arrays have three components:
Hard drive
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Hard drive carrier
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Adapter card for connecting the disk drive to the mid-plane
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Disk Drives

Left end cap (with drive tray LEDs)
Drives
3 Right end cap