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Figure 53. Secure power cables

Important: Always secure each power cable with a cable retainer and ensure that the cable is

installed along one of the cable management arms. When secured, the power and SAS cables stay

connected when you slide the expansion enclosure out of the rack to perform service tasks.

Figure 54. Power and SAS cable connections on the back of the enclosure

3. Verify that the expansion enclosure and its components are operating as expected.

On the back of the expansion enclosure, all four fans and the expansion canister indicators ( 3 and 8

in Figure 55 on page 56) become active when the power is connected.

Figure 55. Features on the rear of the 5U expansion enclosure

1 Power cable connector for PSU 2

2 Power cable retention clamps

3 Fan module

4 Fan release latch

5 Fan fault indicator

6 Expansion canister

7 SAS ports and indicators

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IBM FlashSystem 5000 Series Specifications

General

Model	IBM FlashSystem 5000 Series
Storage Type	Flash
Management Software	IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Form Factor	2U
Drive Types	SAS
RAID Support	RAID 5, RAID 6
Host Interface	16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 25 Gbps iSCSI, 12 Gbps SAS
Data Reduction	Yes (compression, deduplication)
Encryption	Yes
Replication	Yes, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror
Operating System Support	Windows, Linux, AIX, IBM i
Cache	64GB