Important
The EXP5000 (1818-D1A) is the storage expansion enclosure specifically
designed for the DS5100 and DS5300 (1818-51A and 1818-53A) and along
with the EXP5060 (1818-G1A), is the storage expansion enclosure supported
behind the DS5100 and DS5300 with the exception noted below. This is a
critical requirement due to the following:
v
Only the EXP5000 will be supported with future enhancements of the
DS5100 and DS5300 such as disk encryption and solid stated disks.
v
Only the EXP5000 will provide clients consistent warranty and support
terms and conditions (including geo-specific, SSR installation and support
for the entire system, and code upgrades within the initial warranty period).
The
only
exception is that for client investment protection, existing EXP810s
can be migrated from currently installed DS4700s or DS4800s to attach to a
DS5100 and DS5300. An RPQ approval is required for support of all migration
configurations. With approved migration of EXP810s to a DS5100 and
DS5300, special consideration needs to be made as to proper firmware levels
(as documented in the
DS4000/DS5000 Hard Drive and Storage Expansion
Enclosure Installation and Migration Guide
), and careful coordination of
differences in warranty and maintenance terms that will affect your customer.
RPQ requests can be submitted through the normal RPQ request process.
Purchase of new EXP810s to attach to DS5100 and DS5300 will not be
supported or configurable in eConfig.
Note:
Disk drive modules that can be ordered in bulk or individually as
customer installable parts for the EXP810 are not supported for use in
the EXP5000. Only disk drive modules ordered as feature codes of
1818-D1A, and delivered pre-installed in the EXP5000, or as
SSR-installable upgrades to EXP5000s will be supported.
See Table 3 for the maximum number of storage expansion enclosures that can be
attached to the DS5100 and DS5300 by storage expansion enclosure type.
Table 3. Maximum number of storage expansion enclosures
Enclosure type
Maximum number of enclosures in
a redundant DS5100 and DS5300
drive channel pair
Maximum number of enclosures in
a DS5100 and DS5300 subsystem
EXP5000
7
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