Dell PowerVault MD1000 Hardware Owner's Manual

Also see for PowerVault MD1000: Getting started guide Getting started guide Support Matrix Supplementary guide Setup Diagram

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Dell PowerVault MD1000 Hardware Owner's Manual Manual pdf 7 page image

About Your System 7About Your SystemThe enclosure provides a 3-U rack-mounted external storage chassis capable of accommodating upto 15 3.0-Gbps, Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) drives or 3.0-Gbps Serial ATA (SATA) drives. Theenclosure can be daisy-chained with up to two additional enclosures to provide up to 45 drives perhost connection. Host-based RAID configuration is supported via a Dell™ PowerEdge™ ExpandableRAID Controller (PERC) 5/E.Other Information You May NeedCAUTION: The Product Information Guide provides important safety and regulatory information. Warrantyinformation may be included within this document or as a separate document.• The Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions included with your rack solutiondescribes how to install your enclosure into a rack.• The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of enclosure features, setting up your enclosure,and technical specifications.• The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator documentation provides information on managingyour storage solution using the Storage Management Service within Server Administrator.NOTE: Online configuration, enclosure status, and active event notification require ServerAdministrator version 4.5.1 or later.• CDs included with your enclosure provide documentation and tools for configuring andmanaging your enclosure.• Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to configureand install these options.• RAID controller documentation.• Updates are sometimes included with the enclosure to describe changes to the enclosure,software, and/or documentation.NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they oftensupersede information in other documents.• Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the enclosure ordocumentation, or provide advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users.