Chapter 1: Introduction
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Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
3U or 2U 19-inch wide enclosure Installs easily in any standard rackmount.
Supports Serial Attached SCSI
disk drives
Allows you to use the new dual-port SAS
disk drives.
Supports Serial ATA disk drives Allows you to use your legacy SATA disk
drives.
Hot-swap feature for drive carriers,
I/O modules, power supplies and
fans
Allows a defective component to be
replaced without interrupting data
accessibility to the host system.
Tool-less field-replaceable units
(FRUs)
All FRUs can be replaced without tools,
saving time and effort for support personnel.
Complete cable-less design All components easily plug directly into
boards. No cables to complicate setup or
maintenance.
Redundant, hot-swappable cooling
units
Load sharing and full operation even with
multiple failed fans.
Redundant, hot-swappable power
supplies
Load sharing and full operation even with a
failed power supply.
Dual, active/active I/O Modules High level of availability even with a failed
I/O module.
One expansion SAS port I/O
module
Enables cascading JBOD subsystems.
Command-line interface Control and monitoring with simple,
straightforward interface.
Management through in-band SAS
or serial port
Choice of local or network management
options
Compatible with leading SAS HBA
and RAID cards
Easy, works-the-first-time connections with
your current systems
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