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VTrak Expansion Chassis Specifications

Expansion Chassis I/O Module Features

I/O Modules

Dual active/active SAS I/O modules support failover/failback and active/active drive access

Drive Configurations

Supports up to sixteen 3.5 drive modules

16x 1TB 3Gb/s SATA
16x 450GB 3Gb/s SAS

External I/O Ports

Each I/O module has two SAS ports using industry standard Mini SAS 4x wide-port-SAS
connectors (SFF-8088), one IN and one OUT

SAS Features

 

ANSI T10 SAS 1.0 and 1.1 Compliant

Management Function
With Expander
Embedded Processor

» Self-configuring expander support full SAS domain topology management
» SMP – SAS Management Protocol
» In-band access to Expander and PHY information
» Statistics counters and performance monitors
» SES EM SES Enclosure Management (ANSI T10 SES 2 Compliant)
» SCSI SES command set over virtual SSP device

System Management

Supported Operating Systems

Mac OS X, Mac OS X server, versions 10.5.2 and later, Windows 2003, Linux (Red Hat, SuSE)

Management Interfaces

» LED status indicator support for drives, FRU, and enclosure environmentals
» In-band SES enclosure management alerts user to out of spec operation;
    thermal condition, voltage condition or component failures, protecting data and hardware

» Full subsystem management CLI through out-of-band RS232 serial port

Enclosure Management Protocols

SES over in-band SAS

Mechanical Specification

Voltage

100-240 Vac Auto-Ranging

Current (Maximum)

8 A @ 100 Vac; 4 A @ 240 Vac (current rating with two power cords)

Power Supply

Dual 500W, 100-240 Vac auto-ranging, 50-60 Hz, dual hot swap and redundant with PFC, N+1 design

Power Consumption

108.38 Watts (under load w/o HDD), 523.91 Watts (under load with SAS HDD)

Operating Temperature/ Humidity

5°~40°C (-40°~60°C non operational) / Maximum 95%

Vibration

Random, 0.21 grms, 5-500Hz, X, Y, Z axis 

Dimensions
(H x W x D) 

13.1x 44.65x 56.1 cm (5.2 x 17.6 x 22.1in)

Weight
*Assume each hard drive
  = 0.5 kg

Net weight: 30.5 kg (67.2 lbs) without drives, 38.5 kg (84.9 lbs) with 16 drives*
Gross weight: 37.5kg (82.7 lbs) without drives

Safety

CE, FCC ClassA, VCCI, cUL, TUV, CB, BSMI, C-Tick, MIC

Warranty and Support

Warranty

Three years limited warranty with advanced replacement parts

Support

24x7 email and phone support (English only); 24x7 access to Promise support site-drivers, firmware, compatibility