C.8 drives, C.8.1 hard disk drive, Drives – FUJITSU SPARC ENTERPRISE M5000 User Manual

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SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual • August 2009

C.8

Drives

Both servers provide front-panel access to the drives.

TABLE C-7

list the drive units on

the midrange servers.

C.8.1

Hard Disk Drive

TABLE C-8

lists the features and specifications of the hard disk drive.

SAS devices have two data ports. Because each data port resides in a different SAS
domain, this enables complete failover redundancy. If one path fails, there is
communication along a separate and independent path.

Refer to

“Hard Disk Drive Replacement” on page 6-1

for replacement procedures.

TABLE C-7

Drives Offered on the

Midrange Servers

SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server

SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server

2 hard disk drives

4 hard disk drives

1 CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive Unit

1 tape drive unit (optional)

* Contact your sales representative for tape drive unit options on SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers.

1 tape drive unit (optional)

TABLE C-8

Hard Disk Drive Features and Specifications

SPARC Enterprise M4000
Server

SPARC Enterprise M5000
Server

Number of hard disk drives

Active /replacement capability

Yes

Hot replacement capability

Yes Yes

Cold replacement capability

Yes

Interface

Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS)

Location

Front of system