Storage Enclosures; Figure 1-1 Tp9300 Tower And Rackmount Storage Enclosures (Front View) - Silicon Graphics Total Performance 9300 User Manual

1: Introduction to the SGI TP9300

Storage Enclosures

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The TP9300 is comprised of storage enclosures. These enclosures provide all of the logic,
power, and I/O functions of the system. Each enclosure can be operated as an
independent storage system, or multiple enclosures can be cabled together to create
much larger disk arrays.
There are two types of storage enclosures: controller enclosures and expansion
enclosures. The only difference between the types of enclosures is that the controller
enclosure contains two integrated RAID controllers. The expansion enclosures do not
contain RAID controllers and must be cabled to controller enclosures. Figure 1-1 shows
a front view of both a deskside tower and a rackmount controller enclosure.
Note: Controller enclosures and expansion enclosures look identical from the front.
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Drives (14 total)
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Figure 1-1 TP9300 Tower and Rackmount Storage Enclosures (Front View)
Drives (14 total)
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