Disk matrix

SAS

2 communication channels (redundancy)

SATA

1 communication (half-duplex channel)

HPE M6510

  • Model: 3PARA-ST1111
  • 24 x 2,5“
  • SAS 6Gb

Dell PowerVault MD1200

  • 6Gps SAS
  • H800 controler with large disks support

Dell PowerVault MD3000/MD1000

!!! MD3000 has integrated RAID controller.

  • Do not use it with PERC 6e or similar.
  • Use simple SAS5E or SAS6E HBA adapter

MD3000 vs MD1000:

  • the same enclosure.
  • MD3000 is a base module, contains EMM with raid support (AMP01-RSIM).
  • MD3000i is a base enclosure like above but EMM supports two ethernet ports for iSCSI and one SAS expansion port.
    • seen as virtual device for dumb HBA
    • redundant connections (dual path)
    • 512 MB cache mirrored in each EMM
    • RAID is performed inside enclosure, so multiple device access is not consuming bandwidth on 3Gbps SAS port.
  • MD1000 is expansion module, contains simple dumb pass through EMMs (AMP01-SIM)

MD1000 MD3000

  • Enables mixing SAS and SATA drives in a single enclosure
  • 15 drives backplane.
  • Enclosure modes:
    • unified mode for direct connectivity to 15 hard drives
    • split mode with dual EMMs providing a direct connectivity to drives 0 though 6 and a separate direct connectivity to drives 7 though 14.
      • Possible bandwidth increase with soft raid using 2 x 3Gbps cabling
      • Daisy chaining is not supported in split mode
  • Old 3Gbps SAS enclosure
  • To be use with PERC5e and PERC6e. 32 bit addressing limits disks to 2TB.
  • Specification capacity 15 x 2TB max.
  • People reports that MD1000 backplane supports 3TB drives max.
  • SAS/SATA support:
    • Interposer card required for SATA drives when mixind SATA and SAS. Interposer “emulates” SAS interface for SATA drive.
    • One guy confirms that SATA drives works without interposer cards.
    • There is label on disk caddy “SAS” or “SATAu”
      • SATAu caddy has interposer mounted, and disck is mounted a bit shifted to front to make space for interposer card

Hints: http://www.jebriggs.com/blog/2009/12/md1000-and-md3000-redundancy-matrix/

Enclosure Management Module (EMM)

At least one EMM must be installed (in primary left EMM bay).

AMP01-RSIM

  • (R) - RAID controller ? with 512MB ram ?
  • one or two (multihost) IN ports (multiple standards, depends on product number)
  • one SAS OUT port to next enclosure
  • one mangement ethernet port
    • default IPs: 192.168.128.101 and 192.168.128.102
  • one service port (6 pin mini-DIN - for factory use only)

Part number:

  • M999D,59V6C,6706C,GY794 - Single host one SAS IN

  • 0P2GW4, MW736, CM669, MW726, X2R63, P809D, - 2x iSCSI IN ethernet ports

  • 0P2GW4, 0CM670 2x SAS IN (dual host) ports

AMP01-SIM

  • One SAS port IN
  • One SAS port OUT to chain to next matrix

Part numbers: CK614 TH262 HM240 JT517 - SAS/SATA