HP StoreOnce 6500 Backup Installation Planning and Preparation Guide

2 The HP StoreOnce 6500 Backup System
An HP service specialist will install the HP StoreOnce Backup System. It is supplied partially
configured and is made up as follows:
• One or two HP 642 Intelligent Rack Assemblies with stabilizers
• The rack contains at least one base couplet (consisting of two server nodes and two disk
enclosures) and two switches. The two switches are dedicated to support a network internal
to the product. They cannot be used in a customer’s external network. Up to two couplets may
be installed in each rack.
• Additional capacity expansion kits may be purchased to expand storage. Up to five StoreOnce
88 TB expansion kits may be installed per couplet; these are additional disks that are installed
in the existing disk enclosures. Further expansion is by adding another couplet.
Figure 1 Base couplet
5. 1U support shelf1. Node B
6. Drawer 2 (right-hand side of enclosure)2. Node A
7. Drawer 1 (left-hand side of enclosure)3. Disk enclosure B
4. Disk enclosure A
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