22 Introduction
Inside the Box of the Dell PowerVault MD3600f Series Storage Array
Your MD3600f Series product package includes:
• Dell PowerVault MD3600f
Series
storage array
• Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver (2 per controller)
• Fiber optic cables (optional)
• Power cables (2)
• Front bezel (optional)
• Mounting rails (2) (optional)
• MD3600f
Series
resource media
•
Rack Installation Instructions
•
Getting Started With Your System
(provides an overview of enclosure
features, setting up your enclosure, and technical specifications)

MD3600f

Series Storage Array

The MD3600f Series is a 2U rack-mounted external redundant array of
independent disks (RAID) storage array capable of accommodating up to
twelve 3.5" or twenty four 2.5" 6.0-Gbps Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) disks.
The MD3600f Series storage arrays can be daisy-chained with MD1200 Series
expansion enclosures, providing access to a maximum of 120 disks (or 192
disks with Premium Feature activation) in the entire storage array.
Connectivity between the storage array and the host server is provided by a
Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapter (HBA).

Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager

Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) is a graphical user
interface (GUI) application, used to configure and manage one or more
MD3600f Series storage arrays. The MDSM software is located on the
MD3600f Series resource media.
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