SATA Disk Expansion Unit fits network storage appliances.
Press Release Summary:
Available for attachment to N5200 and N5500 appliances, EXN1000 3U SATA Expansion Unit may be mounted in any industry standard 19 in. rack. It contains dual redundant hot-pluggable power supplies and cooling fans, dual redundant disk expansion unit switched controllers, and diagnostic and status LEDs. Each expansion unit is fully configured with 14 SATA hard disk drives with either 250 GB or 320 GB physical capacities.
Original Press Release:
IBM System Storage EXN1000 SATA Expansion Unit Provides Storage for IBM System Storage N5200 and N5500
The IBM System Storage EXN1000 SATA expansion unit is available for attachment to the N5200 and N5500 appliances.
The EXN1000 SATA expansion unit is designed to provide SATA disk expansion capability for the IBM System Storage N series appliances. The EXN1000 is a 3U disk storage expansion unit. It may be mounted in any industry standard 19 inch rack. The EXN1000 contains:
Dual redundant hot-pluggable integrated power supples and cooling fans
Dual redundant disk expansion unit switched controllers
Fourteen hard disk drive slots
Diagnostic and status LEDs
Each expansion unit is shipped fully configured with 14 SATA hard disk drives in either 250 GB or 320 GB physical capacities.
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001).
Overview
The IBM System Storage(TM) EXN1000 SATA expansion unit is available for attachment to the N5200 and N5500 appliances. The EXN1000 provides low cost high capacity Serial Advance Technology Attachment (SATA) disk storage for the IBM N series system storage.
The EXN1000 is a 3U disk storage expansion unit. It may be mounted in any industry standard 19 inch rack. The EXN1000 contains:
Dual redundant hot-pluggable integrated power supples and cooling fans
Dual redundant disk expansion unit switched controllers
Fourteen hard disk drive slots
The EXN1000 SATA expansion unit is shipped fully configured with 14 SATA hard disk drives in either 250 GB or 320 GB physical capacities. With 250 GB SATA hard disk drives, each EXN1000 provides 3.5 TB of physical storage capacity. With 320 GB SATA hard disk drives, each EXN1000 provides 4.48 TB of physical storage capacity.
Key prerequisites
The IBM System Storage EXN1000 SATA expansion unit requires a Fibre Channel attachment to an N5x00 appliance.
Planned availability date
December 9, 2005
