Overview of the Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 Controller

This section provides an overview of the Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 controller. For installation instructions, refer to Installing an Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 Controller. For service instructions, refer to Servicing the Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 Controller in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Customer Service Manual, Release OS8.8.x.

Refer to https://oracle.com/zfsstorage for the most recent component specification.

Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 Physical Specifications

The Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 controller chassis dimensions are as follows:

Dimension Measurement Dimension Measurement

Height

3.42 in./86.9 mm

Depth

30.04 in./772 mm

Width

18.97 in./482 mm

Weight (Maximum)

48 lb./21.41 kg

Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 Electrical Specifications

The Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 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 .

Parameter AC Power Supplies

Nominal input frequencies

50/60 Hz

Operating input voltage range

100-240 VAC

Rated input current

10 A @ 100 to 127 VAC, and 7 A @ 200 to 240 VAC

Maximum power consumption of controller

Refer to the Power Calculator (https://www.oracle.com/goto/powercalculators) and see Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 for Watt calculations

Maximum heat output of controller

Refer to the Power Calculator (https://www.oracle.com/goto/powercalculators) and see Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 for BTU/hr calculations

Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 Acoustic Noise Emissions

The workplace-dependent noise level of this product is 9.5 Bels A-weighted Operating, and 8.0 Bels A-weighted Idling (measured Sound Power).

Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 Configuration Options

The Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 high-end model incorporates one or two controllers and one to forty-eight disk shelves. Each controller has 10 PCle Gen3 slots in the rear, and 12 3.5" disk slots in the front, two of which are occupied by system disks. The remaining ten front disk slots have permanent filler panels. The following table describes the configuration options.

CPU Memory System Disks PCIe Slots HBA

2x32-core, 2.6 GHz

2.0 TB

2x3.5'' NVMe

Five dedicated; five available

4-port (4x4) SAS-3 12 Gb/s external

The Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 mid-range model incorporates one or two controllers and one to twenty-four disk shelves. Each controller has 10 PCle Gen3 slots in the rear, and 12 3.5" disk slots in the front, two of which are occupied by system disks. The remaining ten front disk slots have permanent filler panels. The following table describes the configuration options.

CPU Memory System Disks PCIe Slots HBA

2x24-core, 2.1 GHz

512 GB or 1.0 TB

2x3.5'' NVMe

Three dedicated; five available; two unavailable (permanent filler panels)

4-port (4x4) SAS-3 12 Gb/s external

The most recent component specification is located at https://www.oracle.com/storage/nas/index.html .

Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 Front Panel Components

The Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 controller drive slots and front panel components are shown in the following figure.


The image shows the Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 front panel components.

1 RFID tag

2 System status LED: Locator (white)

3 System status LED: Service Action Required (amber)

4 System status LED: Power/OK (green)

5 Power button

6 Fan service action required (amber)

7 Power Supply (PS) service action required (amber)

8 Over-temperature warning (amber)

9 Service Processor (SP) OK (green)

10 Do Not Service indicator

11 System disk 0

12 System disk 1

13 Filler panel

14 Filler panel

15 Filler panel

16 Filler panel

17 Filler panel

18 Filler panel

19 Filler panel

20 Filler panel

21 Filler panel

22 Filler panel

   

Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 Rear Panel Components

The Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 controller PCIe slots and rear panel components are shown in the following figure.


The image shows the Oracle ZFS Storage ZS9-2 high-end model rear panel components.

1 Power Supply Unit (PSU) 1

2 PSU 1 status indicators (top to bottom):

  • Attention (amber)

  • Power/OK (green)

3 PSU 0

4 PSU 0 status indicators (top to bottom):

  • Attention (amber)

  • Power/OK (green)

5 Second PCIe option (slot 1)

6 Third PCIe option (slot 2)

7 Fifth PCIe option (slot 3)

8 External SAS-3 HBA (slot 4)

9 Slot 5:

  • High-end model: External SAS-3 HBA

  • Mid-range model: Filler panel; slot not available

10 Not available

11 Serial management (SER MGT) RJ-45 serial port

12 Service Processor (SP) NET MGT port

13 Network (NET) 100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) port: NET 0

14 USB 3.0 port

15 System status LEDs:

  • Locate (white) - left

  • Attention (amber) - right, top

  • Power/OK (green) - right, bottom

16 Cluster interface card (slot 6)

17 First PCIe option (slot 7)

18 Slot 8:

  • High-end model: External SAS-3 HBA

  • Mid-range model: Filler panel; slot not available

19 External SAS-3 HBA (slot 9)

20 Fourth PCIe option (slot 10)

 

For information about how to connect cables to form a cluster, see Connecting Cluster Cables.