Dell PowerVault MD1000 Hardware Owners Manual - Page 7

1 About Your System The enclosure provides a 3-U rack-mounted external storage chassis capable of accommodating up to 15 3.0-Gbps, Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) drives or 3.0-Gbps Serial ATA (SATA) drives. The enclosure can be daisy-chained with up to two additional enclosures to provide up to 45 drives per host connection. Host-based RAID configuration is supported via a Dell™ PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 5/E. Other Information You May Need CAUTION: The Product Information Guide provides important safety and regulatory information. Warranty information may be included within this document or as a separate document. • The Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions included with your rack solution describes how to install your enclosure into a rack. • The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of enclosure features, setting up your enclosure, and technical specifications. • The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator documentation provides information on managing your storage solution using the Storage Management Service within Server Administrator. NOTE: Online configuration, enclosure status, and active event notification require Server Administrator version 4.5.1 or later. • CDs included with your enclosure provide documentation and tools for configuring and managing your enclosure. • Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to configure and install these options. • RAID controller documentation. • Updates are sometimes included with the enclosure to describe changes to the enclosure, software, and/or documentation. NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. • Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the enclosure or documentation, or provide advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users. About Your System 7