The FORTRA
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G15 & G15+ RAID Systems are prepackaged 2G Fibre
to 2G Fibre RAID solutions designed to be used with the included Intel PCI Dual
2G Fibre Channel host controller to provide a high-end RAID system solution.
The following is a summary of the FORTRA
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G15 & G15+ RAID
Systems features:
• The FORTRA
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G15 RAID Systems Tower enclosure supports
up to fifteen 3.5" LP SCA 40-pin SCA drives. This 2G Fibre Channel
enclosure has dual ports (A & B) and has additional connections on each
port for loop expansion. The G15 RAID System comes with the Intel PCI
Dual 2G Fibre Channel RAID Controller.
• The FORTRA
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G15 & G15+ RAID System Rackmount
enclosures are 19" wide, 3U (5-1/4") high rackmount enclosures that
supports up to fifteen 3.5" LP SCA 40-pin SCA drives. All other features
are the same as the FORTRA
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G15 RAID System Tower.

FORTRAProduct Family Features

FORTRAand StorBladeTM are families of high-end RAID Systems
enclosures. The following table shows the features of the FORTRAand
StorBladeTM products:
FORTRAFORCE4G15 & G15+ RAID System Installation Guide Rev A 1-1
1. Introduction
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 2 2
Daisy Chainable (SCSI Only)
2 2 2 2 2 2
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.