The IBM TotalStorage DS4000 EXP710 Fibre Channel Storage Expansion Unit available for selected DS4000 Midrange Disk Systems, expands the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 family by offering a new 14-bay, 2 Gbps, rack-mountable Fibre Channel (FC) drive enclosure. Enhancements include support for improved reliability and efficiency utilizing internal switch technology to attach to each disk drive within the EXP710 enclosure.

The EXP710 can be used with the IBM TotalStorage DS4500, DS4400, and DS4300 with Turbo Midrange Disk Systems level provided with the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Storage Manager V9.10 or later. The EXP710 is designed to support the same 2 Gbps Fibre Channel Disk Modules available for the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 EXP700 Fibre Channel Storage Expansion Unit.  It can scale to over two terabytes (TB) of disk storage capacity per enclosure using the higher capacity Disk Modules. 

Features

• 2Gbps FC disk drive enclosure for high performance, highly scalable DS4000 Disk System solutions
• Over 2TB of disk storage capacity per 3U rack-mountable enclosure
• Internal capacity of up to 14 2Gbps DS4000 FC disk drive modules
• Supports 146.8GB, 73.4GB and 36.4GB 10,000rpm FC drive module options
• Supports 73.4GB, 36.4GB and 18.2GB 15,000rpm FC drive module options Utilizes switched technology within the internal Enclosure Service Module (ESM) for direct attachment to each disk drive module