Specifications
Escala Tower PL & S, E, T System Hardware
Chapter 3: External Storage and SAN Subsystems 115/116
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Rev 5.9
02/12/2003
8. Storage Plus Disk Expansion Cabinet
8.1. Storage Plus Disk Expansion Cabinet for Escala PL220T, PL240T, PL400T, PL420T and
PL600T(CABG028, CABG029)
CABG028, CABG029
Discontinued: March 31, 2004
The Storage Plus Disk Expansion Cabinet provides flexible, scalable and cost-effective storage
solutions for Escala PL220T, PL240T, PL400T, PL420T, PL600T and provides the flexibility to build
storage capacity from gigabytes to terabytes.
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14 bays for hot-swap disks divided into two groups of seven disks.
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Up to 2055.2 GB of disks capacity with a combination of 36.4GB, 73,4 GB and 146,8 GB disks.
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Redundant power supply and cooling fan option.
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One internal Ultra3 SCSI bus with one external port.
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Optional second internal Ultra3 SCSI bus with one external port.
Each group of seven disks can be connected to a dedicated internal SCSI bus for AIX software
mirroring. RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5E options are available for the whole Disk Expansion Cabinet or for
each group of 7 disks when connected to a RAID adapter.
The Storage Plus is used as an Expansion Disk Cabinet for PL220T, PL240T, PL400T, PL420T and
PL600T.
8.2. Storage Plus HA Shared Disk Expansion Cabinet for Escala PL220T, PL240T, PL400T,
PL420T and PL600T ( Dual CABG030 dedicated for 2 nodes in HA mode)
CABG030
Discontinued: March 31, 2004
The Storage Plus HA Shared Disk Expansion Cabinet solution provides flexible, scalable and cost-
effective HA storage solutions for Escala PL220T, PL240T, PL400T, PL420T and PL600T and
provides the flexibility to build storage capacity from gigabytes to terabytes.
This dedicated HA solution is composed of 2 strictly identical CABG030.
Each CABG 030 is composed with :
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14 bays for hot-swap disks divided into two groups of seven disks (for each CABG030)
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Up to 2055.2 GB capacity with a combination of 36.4GB, 73,4 GB and 146,8 GB disks
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2 x CBLG205-1700 providing a dual access for each CABG030
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Redundant power supply (with 2 x PSSG042 for each CABG030)
RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5E options are not available for the HA Shared Disk Expansion Cabinet.
The Dual CABG030 solution is used only in a HA dedicated mode for 2 nodes concerning PL220T,
PL240T, PL400T, PL420T and PL600T.