IBM DS8000 User Manual

The following dimensions are labeled on Figure 5:
1. Front cover width
2. Front service clearance
3. Back cover widths
4. Back service clearance
5. Clearance to allow front cover to open
6. Distance between casters
7. Depth of frame without covers
8. Depth of frame with covers
9. Minimum dimension between casters and outside edges of frames
84.7
(33.3)
64.5
(25.4)
5.1
(2.0)
58.9
(23.2)
76.2
(30.0)
45.7
(18.0)
34.8
(13.7)
16
(6.3)
90.0
(35.4)
Cable
Opening
85.3
(33.6)
106.7
(42.0)
118.3
(46.6)
121.9
(48.0)
1wnto5
8.55
(3.4)
9.37
(3.7)
7
8
9
6
5
5
1
2
3
3
4
(2x)
Figure 5. DS8000 physical footprint. Dimensions are in centimeters (inches).
Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM System Storage DS8000 series 9

IBM DS8000 Specifications

General

Data Encryption	Yes
High Availability	Yes
Drive Types	SSD, HDD
RAID Support	RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
Interface	FICON, Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form Factor	Rack-mountable
Operating Systems Supported	IBM z/OS, IBM i, AIX, Linux, Windows
Model	DS8000 series
Scalability	Highly scalable