IBM DS8000 High-Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 (DS8000 R9.0)This IBM® RedpaperTM publication describes the IBM DS8880 High-Performance Enclosure (HPFE) Gen2 architecture and configuration, as of DS8900 Release 9.1. The IBM® DS8000® High-Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 (HPFE Gen2) is a 2U storage enclosure that is installed in pairs in DS8900F and DS8880 models. The flash enclosure and Flash RAID adapters are installed in pairs. Each storage enclosure pair can support 16, 32, or 48 encryption-capable flash drives (2.5-inch, 63.5 mm form factor). |
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Architecture and Implementation associated flash RAID CARD FLASH CARD class model 984 DA 3 Disk DC-UPS 1 DC-UPS DC-UPS 2 HMC1 Disk Enclosure DA Disk Enclosure HPFE drives larger Easy Tier Enclosure 40U Enclosure Enclosure HPFE Enclosure HPFE Gen-2 Enclosure I/O Enclosure enclosure pair Enclosure System p8 Feature code FLASH CARD FLASH flash drive sets Flash Enclosure Gen2 flash RAID adapters frame 6 HPFE Gen2 4 HPFE Gen2 pairs maximum Gen2 storage enclosures High-capacity flash drives High-Performance Flash Enclosure HPFE G2 HPFE Gen2 enclosure HPFE Gen2 flash HPFE Gen2 maximum HPFE Gen2 pairs I/O Enclosure Enclosure I/O Enclosure I/O I/O I/O Enclosure intermix machine type 283x maximum HPFE Gen2 model machine type models support p8 server I/O pairs and flash PCIe power supplies processor and memory Rack-Mounted Storage System RAID 6 arrays RAID type SAS flash RAID Second Expansion Frame System p8 server TB Flash Tier Tier 2 drives upgrades