Dell GK270 manual Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications

Drives

SAS hard drives	up to 15 1-inch-by-3.5-inch SAS hot-plug hard drives (3.0 Gbps)
	at speeds of 10K or 15K rpm (See your system readme file for
	supported disk capacities.)
SATA hard drives	up to 15 1-inch-by-3.5-inch SATA hot-plug hard drives (3.0 Gbps)
	at speeds of 7.2K rpm. Connectivity to the system backplane is
	provided through an interposer assembly.
Connectivity
Configurations	support for either of the following configurations:
	• 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

Enclosure Management Modules

EMMs	1 or 2 modules
Sensors	1 sensor per EMM
Backplane Board
Connectors	• 15 SAS hard-drive connectors
	• 2 power supply/cooling fan module connectors
	• 2 sets of EMM connectors (6 connectors each EMM)
	• 1 control panel connector for front LEDs and enclosure mode
	switch
Sensors	2 temperature sensors
Back-Panel Connectors
SAS connectors (per EMM)	• 1 SAS "IN" connector for connection to the host
	• 1 SAS "OUT" connector for expansion to an additional enclosure
Serial connector (per EMM)	1 6-pin UART mini-DIN connector (for factory use only)

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