IBM TotalStorage FAStT600 Model 6LX Storage Server (Rack PDU Line Cord 24P8956 User Manual

Model

1722-60U, 1722-6LU (single controller model)

RAID controller

Single or dual active 2GB RAID controllers

Cache

Single controller model: 256 MB

Base dual controller model: 512MB total, battery-backed

With turbo option: 2GB total, battery-backed

Host interface

2 or 4 Fibre Channel (FC) Switched and FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standard

Drive interface

Base single and dual controller models: 2 Gbps FC-AL

With turbo option: Auto-sensing 1 Gbps/2 Gbps FC-AL

Supported drives

36.4GB, 73.4GB, 146.8GB and 300GB 10,000 rpm

18.2GB, 36.4GB, 73.4GB and 146.8GB 15,000 rpm

RAID levels

0, 1, 3, 5, 10

Storage partitions

Single controller and base dual controller: 1 host group standard, upgradeable to 4, 8 or 

16 storage partitions

With turbo option: 8, upgradeable 16 or 64

Maximum drives supported

Single model: 14 FC drives

Base dual model: 56 FC drives (using three DS4000 EXP700 Expansion Units) or 112 Serial

ATA drives (using 8 DS4000 EXP100 Expansion Units)

With turbo option: 112 FC drives (using 7 DS4000 EXP700 or EXP710 Expansion Units) or

112 Serial ATA drives (using 8 DS4000 EXP100 Expansion Units)

Fans and power supplies

Dual redundant, hot-swappable for dual controller models

Rack support

19-inch, industry-standard rack

Management software

IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Storage Manager versions 8.3, 8.4 and 9.10

SAN support

Supported IBM FC switches and directors (product numbers 2005, 2006, 2109, 3534, 2031,

2032, 2034, 2042, 2061, 2062 and BladeCenter™)

Warranty

3-year parts and labor warranty, next-business-day response; upgradeable to 24x7 support

with 4-hour response

Dimensions 

132.3 mm H x 482 mm W x 597 mm D

(5.2 in x 19 in x 24 in)

Weight

3

30 kg (66 lbs)

For a list of currently supported servers, operating systems, host bus adapters, clustering

applications and SAN switches and directors, refer to the DS4300 Interoperability Matrix

available at ibm.com/storage/ds4300. For availability dates, configuration options, and

attachment capabilities, refer to: ibm.com/storage/ds4300. 

The DS4300 is supported only in rack installations. With optional features, up to three DS4000

EXP700 Expansion Units can be attached to the DS4300 dual controller enclosure for a

maximum of 56 drives. With the turbo option feature, up to seven DS4000 EXP700 or EXP710

Expansion Units can be attached to the DS4300 enclosure for a maximum of 112 disk drives