Dell E08J Series owner manual RAID Controller Modules

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Controller Modules

RAID Controller Modules

RAID controller modules provide high-performance, advanced virtual disk configuration, and fault- tolerant disk subsystem management. Each RAID controller module contains 4 GB of mirrored cache for high availability and is protected by a battery powered cache offload mechanism.

NOTE: 8 GB mirrored cache is an optional feature.

RAID controller modules provide the following data path and enclosure management functions:

•Monitoring and controlling enclosure environment elements (temperature, fans, power supplies, and enclosure LEDs)

•Controlling access to the physical disks

•Communicating enclosure attributes and states to the host server and management station

MD3860f Fibre Channel RAID Controller Module Features And Indicators

Figure 8. MD3860f Fibre Channel RAID Controller Module Features and Indicators

Item	Indicator, Button, or	Icon	Description
	Connector
1	Ethernet management		Provides a 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet connection for out-
	port		of-band management of the enclosure.
2	Reserved Ethernet port		Reserved port.

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