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Figure

5

shows

the

components

at

the

back

of

the

DS4100

single-controller

storage

server.

The

DS4100

single-controller

storage

server

has

a

controller

blank

instead

of

a

second

RAID

controller

and

a

power

supply

blank

instead

of

a

second

power

supply.

RAID

controller

Each

RAID

controller

contains

three

ports

for

Small

Form-Factor

Pluggable

(SFP)

modules

that

connect

to

the

fibre

channel

cables.

Two

of

the

SFP

ports

(labelled

Host

1

and

Host

2)

are

for

host

server

attachment.

The

third

SFP

port

(labelled

Expansion)

is

used

to

connect

additional

expansion

units

to

the

storage

server.

Note:

In

the

DS4100

single-controller

storage

server,

the

third

SFP

port

(labelled

Expansion)

is

present

but

not

active.

Each

RAID

controller

also

contains

a

battery

to

maintain

cache

data

in

the

event

of

a

power

failure.

For

more

information,

see

“Cache

memory

and

RAID

controller

battery”

on

page

75.

Attention:

You

will

lose

access

to

data

if

you

attempt

to

hot-swap

the

RAID

controller

in

a

DS4100

single-controller

storage

server.

Hot-swap

fans

The

storage

server

has

two

interchangeable

hot-swap

and

redundant

fan

CRUs.

Each

fan

CRU

contains

two

fans.

If

one

fan

CRU

fails,

the

second

Hot-swap fan bays

Hot-swap

power supplies

Raid controllers

f10ug021

Figure

4.

Back

view

of

DS4100

base

storage

server

Hot-swap fan bays

Power supply

RAID controller

f10ug021b

Figure

5.

Back

view

of

DS4100

single-controller

storage

server

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IBM

TotalStorage

DS4100

Storage

Server:

Installation,

User’s,

and

Maintenance

Guide