Hp Mds600 And D6000 Disk Enclosures - HP 634041-006 Deployment Manual

HP MDS600 and D6000 Disk Enclosures

These high-density Serial Attach SCSI (SAS) storage enclosures can attach to HP BladeSystem
c7000 or c3000 enclosures via the HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch. Each of these enclosures have two,
35-drive drawers for a total of 70 drives.
Key features shared by these enclosures include:
5U design, with seventy (70) 3.5-inch hot-pluggable drive bays divided in to two 35-drive
storage drawers.
Each storage drawer is an independent unit. A separate connection is needed for each drawer.
One I/O module and one I/O blank are pre-installed in each storage drawer, for single-domain
connectivity. For dual-domain connectivity, obtain and install a second I/O module in each
storage drawer.
Four power supplies are included, for maximum redundancy and fault-tolerance.
Drive bay zoning support (when attached to an HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch in a BladeSystem
c-Class enclosure), which presents only the drives included in the assigned zone group to the
server.
Support to hot-add the enclosure to a BladeSystem solution.
Key features unique to the MDS600 include:
Choice of 3.5" Serial ATA (SATA) midline, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) midline, or Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise drives.
Support for 1.5G or 3G SATA drives linking at 1.5G.
Support for 3G or 6G SAS drives linking at 3G.
Hard drive and cabling method restrictions might exist, depending on the controller that is accessing
MDS600. For more information, see
(page 77).
NOTE: Because the MDS600 is a 3G device, its I/O Module SAS ports link at 3G to the HP
6Gb SAS BL Switch, not 6G.
Key features unique to the D6000 include:
Choice of 3.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) midline, or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise
drives.
Support for 3G SAS drives linking at 3G.
Support for 6G SAS drives linking at 6G.
28 Device information
"External SAS device, controller, and drive support matrix"