Dell Comprehensive Guide to MD1280 Service and Powervault Features

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About the Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide

The Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide provides information about enclosure service and maintenance.

Dell Storage MD1280 overview

A Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure holds the physical disk drive storage. The interface between the controller I/O cards and the enclosure is referred to as back‐end connectivity.

Dell Storage MD1280 hardware

The Dell Storage MD1280 is a 5U SAS enclosure and supports up to 84 hard drives in 3.5-inch carriers, installed in a two‐drawer, three‐row, and 14‐column configuration. The Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure ships with two redundant power supply units (PSUs), five redundant cooling fan modules, and two redundant 6 Gbps SAS I/O modules.

Dell Storage MD1280 monitoring

The Storage Enclosure Management software enables you to manage, update, and monitor MD1280. For more information, see Dell Storage MD1280 Administrator's Guide available at www.dell.com/support.

The Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure uses LED indicators to indicate an issue with the enclosure.

NOTE: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator is not available for the Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure.

Front-panel features and indicators

The front panel displays the enclosure and power status.

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