Components in the front of the enclosure

The front of each control enclosure features several different components.

The components on the front side of the control enclosure for Storwize® V3700 systems includes drives, indicators on each drive, and enclosure indicators on the left end cap of the enclosure. On Storwize V3700 systems, the 12-slot drive enclosures support 3.5 in. (8.89 cm) large form factor (LFF) drives. The 24-slot drive enclosures support 2.5 in. (6.35 cm) small form factor (SFF) drives.

The front layout is the same for both the Storwize V3700 control and expansion enclosures. Only the enclosure labels on the left end cap are different.

Figure 1 shows a 12-slot drive enclosure.
Figure 1. Storwize V3700 12-slot drive enclosure
12-slot drive enclosure
  •  1  Left end cap with enclosure indicators
  •  2  Drives (x12)
  •  3  Right end cap

In enclosures that have 12 drives, 3.5-inch drive slots are arranged in four columns of three horizontally mounted drive assemblies. The drive slots are numbered 1-12, starting at the upper left and going left to right, top to bottom.

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9 10 11 12
Figure 2 shows a 24-slot drive enclosure.
Figure 2. Storwize V3700 24-slot drive enclosure
24-slot drive enclosure
  •  1  Left end cap with enclosure indicators
  •  2  Drives (x24)
  •  3  Right end cap

In enclosures that have 24 drives, 2.5-inch drive slots are arranged in one row of vertically mounted drive assemblies. The drive slots are numbered 1-24, starting from the left.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24