IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Quick Installation Guide

Each canister has two SAS ports that are numbered 1 on the left 1 and 2 on the
right 2. Port 1 must be connected if you are adding one expansion enclosure.
Port 2 must be connected if you are adding a second expansion enclosure.
Note: The reference to the left and right locations applies to canister 1, which is
the upper canister. The port locations are inverted for canister 2, which is the lower
canister.
File module
Figure 8 on page 8 identifies the various ports and hardware in the front of the file
module:
v 1 VGA port
v 2 USB ports
v 3 CD drive
v 4 Control panel
v 5 Two drives
Each enclosure takes up the full 2U height in the rack. See the Storwize V7000
Unified Problem Determination Guide PDF on the CD for the full descriptions of the
hardware components.
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Figure 7. SAS ports and LEDs in rear of expansion enclosure
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IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Specifications

General

Model	IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
Storage Type	Unified Storage
RAID Levels	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Form Factor	2U
Drive Types Supported	SAS, SSD
Maximum Drives	504
Network Protocols	iSCSI, FC, FCoE
Drive Bays	24 per enclosure
Host Interface	8 Gb FC, 1 Gb/10 Gb iSCSI
File Protocols	NFS, CIFS
Block Protocols	iSCSI, Fibre Channel
Type	Unified Storage
Maximum Host Ports	16
Operating System Support	VMware, Microsoft Windows, Linux, AIX
Data Services	Thin provisioning, replication
Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
Host Interfaces	8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 10 Gbps iSCSI, 1 Gbps iSCSI