Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerVault MD3260/3260i/3660i/3660f/3060e Storage Arrays Owner's Manual
- About Your System
- Controller Modules
- RAID Controller Modules
- MD3260 SAS RAID Controller Module Features And Indicators
- MD3260i iSCSI RAID Controller Module Features And Indicators
- MD3660i iSCSI RAID Controller Module Features And Indicators
- MD3660f Fibre Channel RAID Controller Module Features And Indicators
- Expansion Controller Modules
- Controller Module—Additional Features
- Storage Array Thermal Shutdown
- System Password Reset
- Installing System Components
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First—For You And Your System
- Troubleshooting Storage Array Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting Loss Of Communication
- Troubleshooting An SFP Transceiver
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting Power Supply Modules
- Troubleshooting Array Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting Expansion Enclosure Management Modules
- Troubleshooting RAID Controller Modules
- Troubleshooting Physical Disks
- Troubleshooting Array And Expansion Enclosure Connections
- Troubleshooting A Wet Storage Array
- Troubleshooting A Damaged Array
- Controller Failure Conditions
- Technical Specifications
- Getting Help

Physical Disks
Your system supports up to sixty 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch SAS and nearline SAS physical disks and 2.5 inch SAS SSDs per
enclosure and up to a maximum 180 physical disks per storage array, by daisy chaining two additional expansion
enclosures.
Physical Disk Installation Guidelines
• To maintain proper airflow, install physicals disks from left to right and front to back in each drawer.
• A minimum of four disks must be installed in slots 0, 3, 6, and 9 of each drawer.
• The MD Series Dense storage array and expansion enclosure support mixing of physical disk types.
Figure 19. Slot Numbering on the Disk Drawer
Removing A Physical Disk From A Physical-Disk Carrier
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your
warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
1. Push out the edge on one side physical-disk carrier until the pins on the physical-disk carrier disengage from the
holes on one side of the physical-disk.
2. Hold the physical disk and angle the physical disk out of the physical-disk carrier.
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