Drive Chassis - Hitachi G1000 Hardware Manual
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Data
Transfer
Rate
MB/s
200
400
800
1600
200, 400, 800, 1600
Drive chassis
The VSP G1000 and G1500 support three different drive chassis. The VSP
F1500 only supports the FMD chassis. All components in the drive chassis are
configured with redundant pairs to prevent system failure. While the storage
system is in operation, all components in the drive chassis can be added or
replaced. For detailed information about the drives in each chassis, see
Storage system specifications on page
• SFF - a 16U group of eight 2U drive trays. Each holds up to 24 vertically
positioned 2.5-inch HDD and SSD drives, for a total of 192 drives per
chassis. Each drive tray also contains two redundant power supplies, and
two ENC adapters that connect the drives to the controller. The connection
to the controller may be direct, or it can be connected through other SFF
drive trays. See
Standard Model) on page
• LFF - a 16U group of eight 2U drive trays. Each holds up to 12 horizontally
positioned 3.5-inch drives, for a total of 96 drives per chassis. Each drive
tray also contains two redundant power supplies, and two adapters that
are used to connect the drives to the controller. The connection to the
controller may be direct, or it can be connected through other LFF drive
trays. See
Standard Model) on page
• FMD - an 8U group comprising four 2U drive trays, each holds up to 12
horizontally mounted drives, with a total of 48 FMDs per chassis. Each
drive tray also contains two redundant power supplies and two adapters
that connects the drives to the controller. The connection to the controller
may be direct, or it can be connected through other FMD drive trays. See
Figure 21 SAS Connection Diagram of Rack-00 (FBX Standard Model) on
page
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000, G1500, and Virtual Storage Platform F1500 Hardware Guide
Table 9 Maximum cable length (shortwave)
OM2 cable (50/125 um
multi-mode fiber)
feet / meters
984.3 / 300
492.1 / 150
164 / 50
118 / 35
Table 10 Maximum cable length (longwave)
Data Transfer Rate ( MB/s)
Figure 19 SAS Connection Diagram of Rack-00 (SFF/LFF
Figure 19 SAS Connection Diagram of Rack-00 (SFF/LFF
96.
Introduction
OM3 cable (50/125 um
laser optimizedmulti-
mode fiber)
feet / meters
1640.4 / 500
1246.7 / 380
492.1 / 150
328 / 100
Cable length (km) OM3 cable
10
122.
94.
94.
OM4 cable (50/125 um
laser optimizedmulti-
mode fiber)
feet / meters
-
1312.4 / 400
623.4 / 190
410.1 / 125
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