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Drive
chassis Description
Drive trays /
Drives per
tray
Maximum number of chassis /
drives per system
Single
controller (3
racks)
Dual controller
(6 racks)
LFF A 16U group of eight 2U
drive tr
ays. Each holds up
to 12 horizontally
positioned 3.5-inch drives,
for a total of 96 LFF drives
per chassis. See
Figure 29
SAS connection diagram of
Rack-00 (SFF/LFF standard
model) (on page 109) .
Eight 2U
tr
ays, up to
12 drives
each
6 / 576 har
d
drives
Up to 192
SSDs
1
Up to 1,152
SSDs
2
12 / 1,152
Up to 384
SSDs
1
Up to 2,304
SSDs
2
FMD
An 8U gr
oup of four 2U
drive trays. Each holds up
to 12 horizontally
positioned drives, for a
total of 48 FMDs per
chassis. See
Figure 31 SAS
connection diagram of
Rack-00 (FBX standard
model) (on page 111) .
Four 2U
tr
ays, up to
12 drives
each
6 / 288
12 / 576
1
Maximum number in a standard performance conguration.
2
Maximum number in a high-performance conguration.
The following illustrations show the front and rear panels of the three types of 2U drive
tr
ays, and the follo
wing tables describe the connectors and LEDs.
Drive chassis
Chapter
2: Stor
age system hardware overview
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