Virtual TapeServer 8.0 Supplemental Installation Guide

42 | Hardware Information for Legacy Installations
External disk storage
If VTS model VT5900-A, VT5900-C, VT5900-E, or VT5900-G is installed, the following
hardware may have been installed for external disk storage.
• VT5915, which is built on the StorageWorks MSA 1500cs. It provides one controller shelf
and one MSA 20 disk shelf, and it includes dual controllers, each of which provides a
single Fibre Channel port. The VT5915 also includes 12 750GB 7,200rpm SATA disk
drives.
• VT5916, which is an MSA 20 add-on enclosure and is available if additional storage is
needed after purchasing and installing the VT5915. It includes 12 750GB 7,200rpm SATA
disk drives. You can install up to three of these storage arrays per VT5915.
• VT5917, which is an MSA 2000 that provides 12TB. This is the controller and shipped
with the VT5900-J.
• VT5918, which is an MSA 2000 that provides 12TB. Up to three of these may be installed
with the VT5917 and VT5900-J.
• VT5905 or VT5905-B, which are built on the StorageWorks MSA 1000 and provide a built-
in 8-port Fibre Channel switch. The VT5905 provides 14 hard disk bays, and each hard
disk provides 146GB of storage at 10,000rpm. Each hard drive in the VT5905-B provides
300GB disks.
• VT5906 or VT5906-B, which are built on the StorageWorks Modular 4314 and available if
additional storage was needed after purchasing and installing the VT5905 or VT5905-B.
Up to two of these can be installed per VT5905 or VT5905-B. The VT5906 provides 14
hard disk bays, and each hard disk provides 146GB of storage. The VT5906-B provides
300GB disks.
• VT5930 controller, which is built on the P2000 MSA and has 12 2TB drives and up to
three VT5931 expansion chassis (P2000 MSA), each with 12 2TB drives; maximum
capacity per P2000 system is 96TB
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Fibre Channel upgrade card
To replace a SCSI card with a Fibre Channel card on an HP ProLiant server, the VT5900-
FCU may have been purchased:
This Fibre Channel upgrade card is a 2 Gbps, dual-port, 64-Bit/133 MHz, PCI-X-to-Fibre
Channel host bus adapter (HBA).