HP D3000 Disk Enclosures - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Hardware..................................................................................................7
Overview................................................................................................................................7
D3600 Large Form Factor disk enclosure chassis...........................................................................7
LFF Front view......................................................................................................................8
Drive bay numbering.......................................................................................................8
Rear view...........................................................................................................................8
D3700 Small Form Factor disk enclosure chassis...........................................................................9
SFF Front view.....................................................................................................................9
Drive bay numbering.....................................................................................................10
Rear view.........................................................................................................................10
Disk drives.............................................................................................................................11
Disk drive LEDs..................................................................................................................11
Disk drive blanks...............................................................................................................11
Front status and UID module....................................................................................................12
Front UID module LEDs.......................................................................................................12
Unit identification (UID) button........................................................................................13
Power supply module..............................................................................................................13
Power supply module LED...................................................................................................13
Fan module...........................................................................................................................14
Fan module LEDs...............................................................................................................14
I/O module...........................................................................................................................15
I/O module LEDs...............................................................................................................15
Rear power and UID module....................................................................................................16
Unit identification (UID) button.............................................................................................16
Powering on......................................................................................................................16
Cables..................................................................................................................................16
Cables to connect HP D3600/D3700 to any HP 6Gb SAS initiator..........................................16
Cables to connect HP D3600/D3700 with any HP Smart Array 12Gb SAS initiator....................16
2 Technical specifications.............................................................................17
Physical specifications.............................................................................................................17
Power and environmental specifications.....................................................................................17
Acoustic noise levels...............................................................................................................17
3 Deployment types.....................................................................................18
4 Installation...............................................................................................19
Installation overview................................................................................................................19
Required items.......................................................................................................................19
Preliminary tasks....................................................................................................................20
Determining who will install and configure the disk enclosure...................................................20
Confirming support for your hardware and software components.............................................20
Signing up to automatically receive advisories, notices, and other messages..............................21
Confirming warranty support and finding out about related services.........................................21
Gathering and recording information...................................................................................21
Planning the storage configuration.......................................................................................21
System and performance expectations..............................................................................22
Striping methods...........................................................................................................22
RAID levels...................................................................................................................22
Disk drive sizes and types..............................................................................................23
Spare disks..................................................................................................................23
Array sizing.................................................................................................................24
Preparing the site...................................................................................................................25
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