IBM Storwize V7000 Installation Guide

Each canister has two SAS ports that are numbered 1 on the left 1 and 2 on the
right 2.
Port 1 is the input port, as indicated by the arrow at 1. Port 1 must always be
connected.
Port 2 is the output port, as indicated by the arrow at 2. Port 2 is only connected
if this expansion unit is not the last one in the chain.
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.
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1
2
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Figure 3. SAS ports and LEDs in rear of expansion enclosure
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IBM Storwize V7000 Specifications

General

Model	Storwize V7000
Storage Type	Hybrid Flash Array
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Form Factor	2U
Drive Types	SSD, SAS
Host Interface	8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 1 Gbps iSCSI, 10 Gbps iSCSI, 12 Gbps SAS
Maximum Cache	32GB
Operating System Support	IBM AIX, Linux, Windows, VMware
Data Reduction Features	Real-time Compression
Management Software	IBM Spectrum Virtualize