This section provides an overview of the Oracle ZFS Storage ZS7-2 controller. For installation instructions, refer to Installing a ZS7-2 Controller. For service instructions, refer to Servicing the ZS7-2 Controller in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Customer Service Manual.
Refer to http://oracle.com/zfsstorage for the most recent component specification.
The ZS7-2 controller chassis dimensions are as follows:
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The ZS7-2 controller has two hot-swappable rear accessible power supplies with N+N redundancy. To understand the overall power consumption, see Oracle's online power calculator at http://www.oracle.com/goto/powercalculators.
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The workplace-dependent noise level of this product is 8.1 Bels A-weighted Operating, and 5.8 Bels A-weighted Idling (measured Sound Power).
The ZS7-2 high-end model incorporates one or two controllers and one to forty-eight disk shelves. Each controller has 11 PCle Gen3 slots in the rear, and 12 3.5" disk slots in the front, two of which are occupied by system disks. Read cache devices are installed in disk shelves; therefore, the remaining ten front disk slots have permanent filler panels. The following table describes the configuration options.
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The ZS7-2 mid-range model incorporates one or two controllers and one to sixteen disk shelves. Each controller has 11 PCle Gen3 slots in the rear, and 12 3.5" disk slots in the front, two of which are occupied by system disks. Read cache devices are installed in disk shelves; therefore, the remaining ten front disk slots have permanent filler panels. The following table describes the configuration options.
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The most recent component specification is located at https://www.oracle.com/storage/nas/index.html.
The ZS7-2 controller drive slots and front panel components are shown in the following figure.
Figure 22 ZS7-2 Front Panel
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The ZS7-2 controller PCIe slots and rear panel components are shown in the following figure.
Figure 23 ZS7-2 Rear Panel
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For information about how to connect cables to form a cluster, see Connecting Cluster Cables in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Cabling Guide.