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The Cisco UCS X10c Pass Through Controller for E3.S drives is a passive PCIe Gen 5 front mezzanine option for Cisco UCS X-Series compute nodes.
Each Cisco UCS X10c front mezzanine drives module consists of the following components:
Nine E3.S 1T PCIe5 drives.
The front mezzanine E3.S module supports up to nine E3.S PCIe drives.
The following illustration shows the location of the drives.
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1 |
E3.S drive slot 1 |
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2 |
E3.S drive slot 2 |
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3 |
E3.S drive slot 3 |
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4 |
E3.S drive slot 4 |
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5 |
E3.S drive slot 5 |
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6 |
E3.S drive slot 6 |
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7 |
E3.S drive slot 7 |
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8 |
E3.S drive slot 8 |
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9 |
E3.S drive slot 9 |
Each front mezzanine ES.3 module has a front mezzanine can support a maximum of nine 7.5mm E3.S 1TB PCIe5 drives. A drive blank panel (UCSC-E3S1T-F) must cover any empty drive bays.
Each E3.S drive is a front-loading drive that slides into and out of the front mezzanine module's storage cage.
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Ejector Button |
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E3.S Drive |
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Drive Status LED |
4 |
Drive Activity LED |
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E3.S Drive Carrier |
Each E3.S drive also has LEDs that indicate drive health and activity.
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Green Activity/Presence LED |
Amber Blue Status/Fault LED  |
Description |
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Off |
Off |
Drive not present or drive powered off |
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On |
Off |
Drive present, but no activity |
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4HZ |
Off |
Drive present and drive activity |
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On |
Blue, 4HZ |
Drive Locate indicator or drive prepared for physical removal |
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On |
Amber ON |
Failed or faulty drive |
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On |
Amber, 1Hz |
Drive Rebuild |
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