• 4G FC-to-FC RAID subsystem
• Twelve (12) or eight (8) 4G FC SFP ports
• Hardware RAID6 XOR engine by dedicated ASIC400 chipsets
• Dual-/single-RAID controller configurations
• Dedicated SATA 18Gb/s RCC (Redundant Controller Communications) channels
• Sixteen (16) 4Gb/2Gb Fibre Channel disk drives
• Corresponding F16F-J4000-R/S loop-switched SBODs

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F1684 (SBOD)

• Hardware RAID5 & RAID6 parity computation
• Supports RAID 0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, and NRAID
• RAID Migration
• Configurable stripe size and write policy per array
• Multiple Global, Dedicated, & Enclosure-specific hot-spares
• Intelligent Drive Handling:
  • Intelligent Drive Handling: In degraded mode: skips irreparable blocks to continue rebuild
• In normal operation: data-block verification and repair

• Heavy duty 3U enclosure
• Dual-/Single- RAID controller configurations
• Fault-tolerant modules interfaced through a common backplane
• One (1) 512MB DDR DIMM per controller (default, supports up to 2GB in size)
• Redundant, hot-swappable 530W power supply units
• Redundant, dual-speed cooling modules 
• Twelve (16), hot-swappable drive trays
• LCD keypad panel
• Two (2) forearm handles
• Li-Ion battery backup unit (BBU), life expectancy and charge level aware

• Four (4) or two (2) 4G FC channels per controller
• 32Gb/s bandwidth via separate host ports from individual controllers
• Hot-swappable I/O modules
• Concurrent I/O commands
• Tagged command queuing up to 1024
• Max. command queue up to 1024
• Fault-tolerant host links via external FC switches or the onboard hub

• Sixteen (16) SCA, hot-swappable drive trays
• Accommodates 1-inch pitch, 3.5-inch 4Gb/2Gb Fibre disk drives
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Automatic bad-sector reassignment
• Intelligent loop switch access fairness dual-loop
• Dual-loop extension via CH2 and CH3 ports
• Drive expansion via CH4 and CH5 ports
• SES enclosure service support through the expansion link

• COM1 serial port for local access to firmware-embedded utility
• COM2 for UPS connection
• GUI, Telnet, and SSH system access via an Ethernet port
• Browser-based or Java-based RAIDWatch manager software
• Firmware-embedded manager via RS-232C (audio jack) that is platform independent
• Widest range of event notification methods including email, LAN broadcast, fax, SNMP traps, SMS, and MSN
• LCD keypad panel to all configuration options
• Event log in reserved space
• Variable logical drive options per DIMM size
• Module status LED indicators:
  • Two (2) per drive tray
• Seven (7) per controller module
• One (1) per power supply unit
• One (1) per BBU module
• Two (2) per cooling module
• Module status LED indicators:
  • Three (3) per LCD panel
• Six (6) per RAID controller module
• Two (2) per Ethernet port
• One (1) per BBU module
• Two (2) per cooling module
• One (1) per PSU
• One (1) per Fibre port on I/O module
• Presence detect & thermal sensors via I²C bus

• Twelve (12) or eight (8) Fibre ports each with 4Gb/s bandwidth
• One (1) Fast Ethernet management port
• Two (2) serial COM ports (38400, n, 8, 1)

• Chassis without handles: 445(W) x 130(H) x 486.7(D) mm (17.5 x 5.1 x 19.2 inches)
• Chassis with handles: 482.6(W) x 131(H) x 534.6(D) mm (19 x 5.2 x 21 inches)
• Package: 423(H) x 567(W) x 772(D) mm (16.7 x 22.3 x 30.4 inches)