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The drive tray contains data drives, power supplies, fans, and status LEDs. Each drive tray provides interfaces for connecting to controllers and other drive trays. The all-flash storage arrays have various fixed storage capacity configurations with flash storage devices. To deliver consistent low latency host response times and highest IOP performance across all host connection ports, conventional hard disk drives (HDD) are not included or configurable with all-flash arrays.

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Small form-factor drive tray (DBS/DBSE)

The following describes the physical specifications of the small form-factor drive tray.

Name

Model name

Height

Number of drive slots

Drive type

DBS

DW-F800-DBSC

2U (88.2 mm)

24

2.5 inch (SFF)

DBSE

DW-F800-DBSE

2U (88.2 mm)

24

2.5 inch (SFF)

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  • Drive trays

    The drive tray contains data drives, power supplies, fans, and status LEDs. Each drive tray provides interfaces for connecting to controllers and other drive trays. The all-flash storage arrays have various fixed storage capacity configurations with flash storage devices. To deliver consistent low latency host response times and highest IOP performance across all host connection ports, conventional hard disk drives (HDD) are not included or configurable with all-flash arrays.

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SFF with front panel bezel
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Number Item Description
1 POWER LED

Green: Drive tray is powered on.

2 READY LED

Green: Drive tray is operational.

3 Locate LED

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
4 Lock

Locks and unlocks the front panel bezel by using the supplied key.

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SFF front panel without bezel
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Number Item Description
1

POWER, READY, and LOCATE LEDs

Green: Drive tray is powered on.

Green: Drive tray is operational.

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
2

ALM LED

Red: Drive stopped due to a failure and can be replaced.
3

ACT LED

Green: Normal operation.

Blink green: Drive is being accessed.

4 Small form-factor drives

The twenty-four 2.5-inch small form factor drives are positioned vertically. The slots are organized from 0 to 23.

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SFF rear panel
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Number Item Description
1 ENC N/A
2 POWER LED

Green: ENC is in the power-on state.

3 Locate LED

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
4 ALARM LED

Red: ENC can be replaced.

5 PATH (IN) LED

Blue: IN side port is linked up.

6 PATH (IN) connector

Connects to a controller or drive tray.

7 PATH (OUT) LED

Blue: OUT side port is linked up.

8 PATH (OUT) connector

Connects to a drive tray.

9 Console

This port is reserved.

10 Power supply unit N/A
11 Receptacle

Connects to the power cable provided with the storage system.

12 AC IN LED

Green: Normal operation.

13 ALM LED

Red: Power supply unit can be replaced.

14 RDY LED

Green: Normal operation.

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SFF and LFF AC power supply unit LEDs and connectors

Both SFF and LFF drive trays are equipped with AC power supply units. The AC power supply units include LEDs to display its operating status.

Note

The DBS and DBL power supply has a Silver efficiency rating.

The DBSE and DBLE power supply has a Platinum efficiency rating.

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Number Item Description
1 RDY LED

Green: Normal operation.

2 ACI IN LED

Green: AC input is operating normally.

3 ALM LED

Red: Power supply unit can be replaced.

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SFF and LFF DC power supply unit LEDs and connectors

Both SFF and LFF drive trays are equipped with DC power supply units. The DC power supply units include LEDs to display its operating status.

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Number Item Description
1 RDY LED

Green: Normal operation.

2 DC IN LED

Green: DC input is operating normally.

3 ALM LED

Red: Power supply unit can be replaced.

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Large form-factor drive tray (DBL/DBLE)

The following describes the physical specifications of the large form-factor drive tray.

Name

Model name

Height

Number of drive slots

Drive type

DBL

DW-F800-DBLC

2U (88.2 mm)

12

3.5 inch (LFF)

DBLE

DW-F800-DBLE

2U (88.2 mm)

12

3.5 inch (LFF)

Parent Topic
  • Drive trays

    The drive tray contains data drives, power supplies, fans, and status LEDs. Each drive tray provides interfaces for connecting to controllers and other drive trays. The all-flash storage arrays have various fixed storage capacity configurations with flash storage devices. To deliver consistent low latency host response times and highest IOP performance across all host connection ports, conventional hard disk drives (HDD) are not included or configurable with all-flash arrays.

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LFF with front panel bezel
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Number Item Description
1 POWER LED

Green: Drive tray is powered on.

2 READY LED

Green: Drive tray is operational.

3 Locate LED

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
4 Lock

Locks and unlocks the front panel bezel by using the supplied key.

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LFF front panel without bezel
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Number Item Description
1

POWER, READY, and LOCATE LEDs

Green: Drive tray is powered on.

Green: Drive tray is operational.

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
2 ACT LED

Green: Normal operation.

Blink green: Drive is being accessed.

3

ALM LED

Red: Drive stopped due to a failure and can be replaced.
4 Large form-factor drives

The twelve 3.5-inch large form factor drives are positioned horizontally. The slots are organized in the following order: 

8   9   10  11
4   5   6   7
0   1   2   3
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LFF rear panel
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Number Item Description
1 ENC N/A
2 POWER LED

Green: ENC is in the power-on state.

3 Locate LED

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
4 ALARM LED

Red: ENC can be replaced.

5 PATH (IN) LED

Blue: IN side port is linked up.

6 PATH (IN) connector

Connects to a controller or drive tray.

7 PATH (OUT) LED

Blue: OUT side port is linked up.

8 PATH (OUT) connector

Connects to a drive tray.

9 Console

This port is reserved.

10 Power supply unit N/A
11 Receptacle

Connects to the power cable provided with the storage system.

12 AC IN LED

Green: Normal operation.

13 ALM LED

Red: Power supply unit can be replaced.

14 RDY LED

Green: Normal operation.

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SFF and LFF AC power supply unit LEDs and connectors

Both SFF and LFF drive trays are equipped with AC power supply units. The AC power supply units include LEDs to display its operating status.

Note

The DBS and DBL power supply has a Silver efficiency rating.

The DBSE and DBLE power supply has a Platinum efficiency rating.

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Number Item Description
1 RDY LED

Green: Normal operation.

2 ACI IN LED

Green: AC input is operating normally.

3 ALM LED

Red: Power supply unit can be replaced.

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SFF and LFF DC power supply unit LEDs and connectors

Both SFF and LFF drive trays are equipped with DC power supply units. The DC power supply units include LEDs to display its operating status.

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Number Item Description
1 RDY LED

Green: Normal operation.

2 DC IN LED

Green: DC input is operating normally.

3 ALM LED

Red: Power supply unit can be replaced.

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Flash module drive tray (DBF)

The following describes the physical specifications of the flash module drive tray.

Name

Model name

Height

Number of drive slots

Drive type

DBF

DW-F800-DBF

2U (87 mm)

12

Flash module drive (FMD)

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  • Drive trays

    The drive tray contains data drives, power supplies, fans, and status LEDs. Each drive tray provides interfaces for connecting to controllers and other drive trays. The all-flash storage arrays have various fixed storage capacity configurations with flash storage devices. To deliver consistent low latency host response times and highest IOP performance across all host connection ports, conventional hard disk drives (HDD) are not included or configurable with all-flash arrays.

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FMD with front panel bezel
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Number Item Description
1 POWER LED

Green: Drive tray is powered on.

2 READY LED

Green: Drive tray is operational.

3 Locate LED

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
4 Lock

Locks and unlocks the front panel bezel by using the supplied key.

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FMD front panel without bezel
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Number Item Description
1, 2 ACT LED

Green: Normal operation.

Blink: Drive is being accessed.

Slow blink indicates the FMD is in the process of startup. When powered, the LED blinks for about two to five minutes until the startup processing is complete.

ALM LED

Red: Drive stopped due to a failure and can be replaced.

Note: ACT indicator is only printed on some types of FMDs.

3

POWER, READY, and LOCATE LEDs

Green: Drive tray is powered on.

Green: Drive tray is operational.

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
4 Flash module drives

Twelve flash module drives. Slots are organized the following way:

9, 10, 11

6, 7, 8

3, 4, 5

0, 1, 2

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FMD rear panel
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Number Item Description
1 ENC N/A
2 POWER LED

Green: ENC is in the power-on state.

3 Locate LED

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
4 ALARM LED

Red: ENC can be replaced.

5 PATH (IN) LED

Blue: IN side port is linked up.

6 PATH (IN) connector

Connects to a controller or drive tray.

7 PATH (OUT) LED

Blue: OUT side port is linked up.

8 PATH (OUT) connector

Connects to a drive tray.

9 Console

This port is reserved.

10 Receptacle

Connects to the power cable provided with the storage system.

11 Three LEDS, top to bottom:

RDY LED

AC IN LED

ALM REPLACE LED

Green: Power supply unit is operating normally.

Green: Power supply unit is operating normally.

Red: Power supply unit can be replaced.

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High-density intermix drive tray (DB60)

The following describes the physical specifications of the high-density drive tray.

Name

Model name

Height

Number of drive slots

Drive type

DB60

DW-F800-DB60C

4U (176 mm)

60

3.5 inch (LFF)

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  • Drive trays

    The drive tray contains data drives, power supplies, fans, and status LEDs. Each drive tray provides interfaces for connecting to controllers and other drive trays. The all-flash storage arrays have various fixed storage capacity configurations with flash storage devices. To deliver consistent low latency host response times and highest IOP performance across all host connection ports, conventional hard disk drives (HDD) are not included or configurable with all-flash arrays.

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Dense intermix drive tray with front panel bezel
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Number Item Description
1 POWER LED

Green: Drive tray is powered on.

2 READY LED

Green: Drive tray is operational.

3 Locate LED

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
4 Lock

Locks and unlocks the front panel bezel by using the supplied key.

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Dense intermix drive tray display LEDs
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Number Item Description
1

ACT

Green: Normal operation.

Blink: Drive is being accessed.

2 ALM LED

Red: Drive stopped due to a failure and can be replaced.

NoteAt the rear of the drive tray, the drives are organized from left to right. On the left side of the preceding figure, the rear of the drive tray is at the top.
  • Rear of drive tray: 48-59
  • 36-47
  • 24-35
  • 12-23
  • Front of drive tray: 00-11
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Dense intermix drive tray rear panel
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Number Item Description
1 Power supply unit N/A
2 RDY LED

Green: Normal operation.

3 AC IN LED

Green: Normal operation.

4 ALM LED

Red: Power supply unit can be replaced.

5 Receptacle

Connects to the power cable provided with the storage system.

6 ENC N/A
7 PATH (OUT) LED

Blue: OUT side port is linked up.

8 PATH (OUT) connector

Connects to a drive tray.

9 PATH (IN) LED

Blue: IN side port is linked up.

10 PATH (IN) connector

Connects to a controller or drive tray.

11 Console This port is reserved.
12 ALARM LED

Red: ENC can be replaced.

13 Locate LED

Amber:

  • Indicates the location of the chassis.
  • Can be turned on or turned off by the maintenance utility.
14 POWER LED

Green: ENC is in the power-on state.

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