D3000 Disk Enclosure User Guide (734753-001, March 2014)

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Contents

1 Hardware..................................................................................................7

Overview................................................................................................................................7

D3600 Large Form Factor disk enclosure chassis...........................................................................7

LFF Front view......................................................................................................................8

Drive bay numbering.......................................................................................................8

Rear view...........................................................................................................................8

D3700 Small Form Factor disk enclosure chassis...........................................................................9

SFF Front view.....................................................................................................................9

Drive bay numbering.....................................................................................................10

Rear view.........................................................................................................................10

Disk drives.............................................................................................................................11

Disk drive LEDs..................................................................................................................11

Disk drive blanks...............................................................................................................11

Front status and UID module....................................................................................................12

Front UID module LEDs.......................................................................................................12

Unit identification (UID) button........................................................................................13

Power supply module..............................................................................................................13

Power supply module LED...................................................................................................13

Fan module...........................................................................................................................14

Fan module LEDs...............................................................................................................14

I/O module...........................................................................................................................15

I/O module LEDs...............................................................................................................15

Rear power and UID module....................................................................................................16

Unit identification (UID) button.............................................................................................16

Powering on......................................................................................................................16

Cables..................................................................................................................................16

Cables to connect HP D3600/D3700 to any HP 6Gb SAS initiator..........................................16

Cables to connect HP D3600/D3700 with any HP Smart Array 12Gb SAS initiator....................16

2 Technical specifications.............................................................................17

Physical specifications.............................................................................................................17

Power and environmental specifications.....................................................................................17

Acoustic noise levels...............................................................................................................17

3 Deployment types.....................................................................................18

4 Installation...............................................................................................19

Installation overview................................................................................................................19

Required items.......................................................................................................................19

Preliminary tasks....................................................................................................................20

Determining who will install and configure the disk enclosure...................................................20

Confirming support for your hardware and software components.............................................20

Signing up to automatically receive advisories, notices, and other messages..............................21

Confirming warranty support and finding out about related services.........................................21

Gathering and recording information...................................................................................21

Planning the storage configuration.......................................................................................21

System and performance expectations..............................................................................22

Striping methods...........................................................................................................22

RAID levels...................................................................................................................22

Disk drive sizes and types..............................................................................................23

Spare disks..................................................................................................................23

Array sizing.................................................................................................................24

Preparing the site...................................................................................................................25

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