Dell PowerVault MD3000i - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
1 About Your System
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Enclosure Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Modular Disk Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connection Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About the Enclosure Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Indicators on the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . 13
Front-Panel Indicators and Features . . . . . . . 14
Back-Panel Indicators and Features . . . . . . . 18
RAID Controller Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cache Functions and Features . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power Supply and Cooling Fan Features . . . . . 24
2 Using Your RAID Enclosure
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Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, and Disk Groups . . . . 27
Physical Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Physical Disk States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology (SMART)
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Virtual Disks and Disk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . 30