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Sun Blade Storage Module M2 Product Documentation
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Document Information

Preface

Product Information Web Site

Related Books

About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)

Documentation Comments

Change History

Hardware Installation

Overview of the Sun Blade Storage Module M2

Terminology Used In This Document

Storage Module Features

Storage Module Components

Storage Module Operation Within the Blade Chassis

System Requirements

Installing the Storage Module Into the Chassis

Storage Module Indicators

Assigning and Managing Storage

Product Notes

Overview of the Sun Blade Storage Module M2 Product Notes

Supported Firmware, Hardware and Software

Hardware Issues

Solaris Operating System Issues

Linux Operating System Issues

Administration

Assigning Storage to Hosts

Managing Storage

Performing Maintenance and Hot Plug Actions

Importing Existing Virtual Drives to a Replacement REM

Storage Module Sensors and Indicators

Troubleshooting

Service

Introduction to the Sun Blade Storage Module M2

Maintaining the Sun Blade Storage Module M2

Diagnosing Storage Module Faults

Specifications

Index

Storage Module Features

The Sun Blade Storage Module M2 provides SAS-2 storage to server modules in the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System.

The following table summarizes the features of the storage module.

Feature
Description
Storage
Eight front panel accessible disk drive slots. The storage module supports SAS–2 mechanical hard disk drives.
Types
SAS–2 (2.5 inch or 63.5 mm).
Data Rates
1.5, 3 and 6 Gb per second (SAS-2) with auto-negotiation.
Protocols
SAS - Serial Attached SCSI - v1.0, v1.1, v2.0

SSP - Serial SCSI Protocol.

SMP - Serial Management Protocol.

SES - SCSI Enclosure Services.

Indicators
  • Activity and Fault LEDs for the storage module.
  • Locate LED for the storage module.

  • Activity, Fault and Ready–to–Remove LEDs for disk drives.

Management
  • Voltage and temperature alerts
  • Storage and storage module fault detection

  • Disk drive and storage module LED locate

The following table summarizes the physical specifications of the storage module.

Specification
Value
Width
12.9 inches/327.2 mm
Height
1.8 inches/44.5 mm
Depth
20.1 inches/511.7 mm
Weight
14.5 pounds/7.410 kg fully loaded.
Power
207W Max when fully loaded (estimated)
Environmental
Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing

Temperature: 5° to 45° C operating (-40° to 70° C storage)

Altitude: 0 to 10,000 ft (3,048 meters)

Power Supplies
12V from chassis backplane.

3.3VAUX from chassis backplane.

Cooling
Front-to-back forced air (no internal fans).
Regulatory
UL/CSA

FCC part15 Class A