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Technical specifications
Table 8. physical disks
Physical disks Up to sixty 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch SAS or nearline SAS physical
disks or 2.5 inch SAS SSDs
Table 9. Raid controller modules
RAID controller modules Two hot-swappable modules with temperature sensors
4 GB or 8 GB of cache per controller
Dell PowerVault MD3460 storage arrays Provides host-to-controller 12 Gbps SAS connection
Table 10. Expansion modules
Dell PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures Supports 120 physical disks, in addition to 60 physical disks in
the RAID enclosure
Redundant path connectivity provides redundant data paths
to each hard drive
NOTE: Support for 180 physical disk slots is a premium
feature and requires activation. The maximum number of
physical disk slots supported without using the premium
feature is 120.
SAS connectors Two SAS IN ports to connect hosts
One SAS OUT port for expansion to an additional PowerVault
MD3060e expansion enclosure
NOTE: SAS connectors are SFF-80644 compliant.
Serial connector (debug port) Six pin port
NOTE: For technical support use only.
Table 11. Back-panel connectors (per raid controller module)
SAS connectors Four SAS IN ports to connect hosts
NOTE: SAS and iSCSI connections to the same host is
not supported.
NOTE: SAS and FC connections to the same host is not
supported.
Two SAS OUT ports, it is recommended that you use the first
port for expansion to an additional PowerVault MD3060e
expansion enclosure. Only one expansion port is supported at
any given time.
NOTE: SAS connectors are SFF-8644 compliant.
Serial connector (debug port)
One 6-pin mini serial port
NOTE: For technical support use only.
Management Ethernet connector One 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet connection , labeled MGMT,
for out-of-band management of the enclosure and the
second Ethernet port is reserved.
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