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1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Enclosure Features
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Modular Disk Storage Manager
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Other Information You May Need
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Hardware Features
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Indicators on the Enclosure Bezel
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Front-Panel Indicators and Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Back-Panel Indicators and Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
RAID Controller Modules
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cache Functions and Features
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Power Supply and Cooling Fan Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2 Cabling Your RAID Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About the Enclosure Connections
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Cabling the Enclosure
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Redundancy vs. Nonredundancy
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Single SAS In-Port Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dual SAS In-Port Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Attaching MD1000 Expansion Enclosures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Expanding with Previously Configured MD1000 Enclosures
. . . . . . . . 30
Expanding with New MD1000 Enclosures
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3 Using Your RAID Enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, and Disk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Physical Disks
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Physical Disk States
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Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)
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Virtual Disks and Disk Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35