The 15-bay FORTRAI6 Infortrend 5251F6 enclosures are designed to be used
with a host system to provide a high-end RAID subsystem. The following is a
summary of the 15-bay Rackmount and Tower enclosure features:
• The 15-bay FORTRAI6 Infortrend 5251F6 Tower enclosure supports
up to fifteen LP SCA 40-pin SCA drives. This model supports up to six
2Gb/s Fibre Channel loops. The Fibre Channel enclosure has dual or
quad fibre channel host ports and dual or quad fibre channel drive ports.
• The 15-bay FORTRAI6 Infortrend 5251F6 Rackmount is a 19" wide,
3U (5-1/4") high rackmount enclosure that supports up to fifteen LP SCA
40-pin drives. All other features are the same as the 15-bay FORTRA
Tower.
2/4/6/8/10/12/15-bay Product Family Features
FORTRAand SSttoorrBBllaaddeeare families of high-end enclosures designed for
high-volume performance storage solutions. The following table shows the
features of the FORTRA2/4/6/8/10/12/15-bay and SSttoorrBBllaaddeeproducts:
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FORTRA15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A
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2-bay 4-bay1,3 6-bay*1,3 8-bay110-bay*1,2 12-bay 15-bay*1,3 StorBlade
Number of Device Bays 2 4 6 8 10 12 15 4
Number of Blowers 1 1 1 or 2 2 2 2 2 2
Number of Power Supplies 1 1 1 or 2 2 2 2 2 1 or 2
Number of I/O Channels (SCSI Only) 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
SCSI SE/LVD Supported
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Fibre Channel Supported
2 2 2 2 2 2
Hot-Swap Canisters
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Removable Power Supplies
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Fibre only
Removable Blowers
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Fibre only
N+1 Power Supplies
2 2 2 2 2
Fibre only
N+1 Blowers
2 2 2 2 2 2
MIA Support (FC Only)
2 2 2 2
Loop Expansion Support (FC Only)
2 2 2 2 22 2
Daisy Chainable (SCSI Only)
2 2 2 2 2 22
Built-in Termination (SCSI Only)
2 2 2 2
Auto Termination (SCSI Only)
2 2 2 2
SAF-TE/SES Ready (Optional)
2 2 2 2
Fibre only
SAF-TE/SES Compatible
2 2 2 2
Fibre only
SCSI to SCSI RAID Support
2 2 2 2
Fibre to SCSI RAID Support
2 2
Fibre to Fibre RAID Support
2 2 2
Fibre to ATA RAID Support
2
SCSI to ATA RAID Support
2
(D)esktop/(T)ower/(R)ackmount D D DTR TTR RTR R
* 6/10/15-bay unit features apply to both Tower and Rackmount models
1 Features are based on a standard configuration with no internal host controller(s) installed
2 Fibre channel 10/15-bay enclosures have built-in SES
3 Fibre Channel 2Gb Model available. 2Gb models use SFP transceivers.