Dell PowerVault Storage MD1280 Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide - Page 5

1 About the Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide The Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide provides information about enclosure service and maintenance. Dell Storage MD1280 overview A Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure holds the physical disk drive storage. The interface between the controller I/O cards and the enclosure is referred to as back‐end connectivity. Dell Storage MD1280 hardware The Dell Storage MD1280 is a 5U SAS enclosure and supports up to 84 hard drives in 3.5-inch carriers, installed in a two‐drawer, three‐row, and 14‐column configuration. The Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure ships with two redundant power supply units (PSUs), five redundant cooling fan modules, and two redundant 6 Gbps SAS I/O modules. Dell Storage MD1280 monitoring The Storage Enclosure Management software enables you to manage, update, and monitor MD1280. For more information, see Dell Storage MD1280 Administrator's Guide available at www.dell.com/support. The Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure uses LED indicators to indicate an issue with the enclosure. NOTE: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator is not available for the Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure. Front-panel features and indicators The front panel displays the enclosure and power status. 5