IBM 7214 User Manual

Consolidate your System p storage devices

IBM System Storage 7214 Storage
Device Enclosure

7214 Storage Device Enclosure

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Features a 1U rack mountable

easy-to-install design that can

be configured with up to three

storage devices

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Offers storage device options

for both tape and DVD optical

drives

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Provides performance enhance-

ments with the new Serial SCSI

interface and a control card

sensor to track hardware

function

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Connects to high performance

IBM System p™ ser

vers

Compact Design

Server designs are incr

easingly focused

on higher performance in the most

compact and affordable packaging

possible. At the same time, these

designs must pr

ovide save and

restore compatibility with storage

options offered on systems with larger

footprints.

The IBM System Storage™

7214 Storage Device Enclosure fea-

tures the latest technology options in

tape drives and DVD optical drives. The

7214 Storage Enclosur

e is a low-profile

design that is an excellent choice for

mounting in your System p 19" rack.

Storage Enclosure

The 7214 storage enclosure is a one

EIA (1U) design that featur

es two drive

bays that can hold one tape drive,

a slim design DVD-RAM drive and a

Highlights

DVD-ROM optical drive for a total of up

to three drives. The 7214 storage

device enclosure may also feature two

tape drives. No more than two DVD

drives may be featured in a single

enclosure.

Connection of the 7214 enclosure to

System p requires the PCI-X DDR Dual-

x4 SAS Adapter (Feature # 5900). Up

to two 7214 enclosures may be

attached to this adapter.

The new Serial SCSI electronic bus fea-

tured in the 7214 helps potentially pro-

vide higher thr

ough-put of drive data

exchange on your System p server.

The 7214 also includes a control card

sensor that can track har

dwar

e func-

tions, and alerts the user r

egarding

temperature and other operating condi-

tions to help provide an available and

reliable save and restore operation.

Warranty for the 7214 is one year.

Service offerings include on-site service

as well as a lower cost option for you to

service the unit yourself during idle time

of a save or restor

e operation.

Choice of Features

Drive options on the 7214 Storage

Enclosure the DAT72 tape drive, and

either a slim design DVD-RAM or DVD-

ROM optical drive featur

e

- Tape Drive

DA

T72 4mm tape drive—Storage

capacity of up to 72 GB with a data

transfer rate of up to 6 MB per second

(assumes 2:1 compr

ession). The DA

T72

tape drive has a Serial SCSI bus for

improved through-put of data. Media

used in the DAT72 drive is read/write

compatible with DDS-4, DDS-3 and

DDS-2 media formats.

- DVD Optical Drive

DVD drive offered on the 7214 Storage

Device Enclosur

e use bare media

and support both synchronous and

asynchronous data transfers. The DVD

drive is compatible with 2.6 GB,

4.7 GB, 5.2 GB, and 9.4 GB media.

RAM drive—Native capacity of up to

9.4 GB with a data transfer rate of

2.77 MB per second. With a typical

3:1 compression, a single disc can read

and write up to 28 GB of data. The

DVD-RAM drive is mounted in the DVD

sled feature, which has space for a

second DVD-RAM or DVD-ROM drive.

The DVD-RAM drive can read CD-

r

ecordable, CD-RW and CD-ROM

media.

ROM drive—Native capacity of up to

9.4 GB with a data transfer rate of

5.1 MB per second. With a typical

3:1 compression, a single disc can

stor

e up to 28 GB of data. The DVD-

ROM drive is mounted in the DVD sled

feature, which has space for a second

DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM drive. A DVD-

ROM drive can r

ead DVD-RAM, CD-

RW and CD-ROM media.