Chapter
1.
Introduction
This
chapter
describes
the
operating
specifications,
features,
and
components
for
the
IBM
TotalStorage
®
EXP100
Storage
Expansion
Enclosure
(hereafter
referred
to
as
EXP100
or
“expansion
enclosure”).
This
chapter
also
lists
the
hardware
that
comes
with
the
expansion
enclosure,
and
lists
the
ESM
and
controller
firmware
that
is
required
to
enable
support
for
the
EXP100.
This
chapter
contains
the
following
sections:
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Overview
The
IBM
TotalStorage
DS4000
EXP100
Storage
Expansion
Enclosure
is
designed
for
data
archival,
data
reference,
and
near-line
storage
applications
and
enables
the
attachment
of
Serial
Advanced
Technology
Attachment
(SATA)
disk
drives
for
DS4000
storage
subsystems
such
as
the
DS4100,
DS4300,
DS4400,
DS4500,
and
DS4800.
This
section
contains
the
following
information:
v
v
v
v
v
EXP100
storage
expansion
enclosure
-
description
The
EXP100
is
a
rack-mountable
storage
expansion
enclosure
that
supports
up
to
fourteen
1.5
Gbps
400
GB
SATA
disk
drive
modules,
offering
up
to
5.6
terabytes
(TB)
of
capacity
per
expansion
enclosure.
Note:
There
are
two
EXP100
machine
types:
v
1710
(model
10X
or
10U)
v
1724
(model
1X
x
,
where
x
is
an
alphanumeric
character)
Coupled
with
DS4000
storage
subsystems
such
as
the
DS4100,
DS4300,
DS4400,
DS4500,
and
DS4800,
you
can
configure
RAID-protected
storage
solutions
of
up
to
89.6
TB,
providing
economical
and
scalable
storage
for
your
rapidly
growing
application
needs
for
limited-access,
data-reference
storage
capacity.
The
EXP100
utilizes
the
latest
SATA
disk
drive
technology
and
is
designed
with
redundant
2
Gbps
Fibre
Channel
connections
to
the
DS4000
storage
subsystem,
offering
reliability
and
performance.
©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2004,
2005
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