Owners Manual

Figure 7. Slot Numbering on the Disk Drawer

NOTE: If you need to install less than 12 physical disks, you must follow the recommended physical

disk installation order. For example if you have to install only 7 disks, the order of installation should

be 0, 3, 6, 9, 1, 4, and 7.

• A minimum of four disks must be installed in the front slots 0, 3, 6, and 9 of each drawer.

• The MD3060e storage enclosure supports mixing of physical disk types.

NOTE: 3.5" 10k and 15k RPM SAS drives are not supported. For the latest drive support, refer to

Dell Enclosure Storage Support Matrix at: Dell.com/powervaultmanuals.

Enclosure Management Module

Use the enclosure management modules to expand the storage capacity, by daisy-chaining your storage

enclosure with additional MD3060e storage enclosures.

NOTE: Hot-plug of MD3060e storage enclosure is not supported.

MD3060e Enclosure Management Module Features And Indicators

Figure 8. MD3060e Enclosure Management Module Features and Indicators