IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 User Manual

▌1▐ Canister fault indicator
▌2▐ Canister status
▌3▐ Canister power indicator
▌4▐ and ▌6▐ SAS link fault indicators
▌5▐ and ▌7▐ SAS link operational indicators
▌8▐ Canister release handles
Procedure
1. Read all safety information.
2. Locate the expansion canister to be removed.
3. Release the lower cable management arm to swing it out of the way, as
described in “Moving the cable management arms” on page 64.
4. Remove the SAS cables from the expansion canister, as described in “Removing
and installing a SAS cable: 2077-92F” on page 88.
5. Rotate the handles on the expansion canister outward, as shown in Figure 97.
6. Carefully pull the expansion canister out of the chassis and place it on a safe,
level surface.
Replace the expansion canister
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Figure 96. Expansion canister
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Figure 97. Removing the expansion canister
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IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 Specifications

General

Model	Storwize V5000 Gen2
Storage Type	Hybrid Flash Array
Form Factor	2U
Maximum Drives	240
Operating System	IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Drive Types	SSD
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Host Interface	8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC), 16 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC), 10 Gbps iSCSI, 12 Gbps SAS
Drive Bays	24
Cache Memory	Up to 64 GB
Power Supply	Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies
Virtualization	Yes