Owners Manual

SC180 Expansion Enclosure Drive Numbering

In the SC180 expansion enclosure, the drive slots are numbered 1–42 in the top drawer and 43–84 in the

bottom drawer. Dell Storage Client identifies drives as XX-YY, where XX is the number of the unit ID of

the expansion enclosure, and YY is the drive position inside the expansion enclosure.

Figure 6. SC180 Expansion Enclosure Drawers and Drive Numbering

1. Bottom drawer viewed from above 2. Top drawer viewed from above

SC180 Expansion Enclosure Drives

The SC180 expansion enclosure supports only Dell Enterprise hard disk drives (HDDs) and Dell Enterprise

solid-state drives (eSSDs).

Each drive is installed in a Disk Drive In Carrier (DDIC) and each DDIC includes one status indicator.

Figure 7. DDIC and Status Indicator

Item Feature Indicator Code

1 DDIC fault indicator

• Amber — Drive fault

About the SC180 Expansion Enclosure