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About the Dell Storage MD1280 Service
Guide
The Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide provides information about enclosure service and maintenance.
Dell Storage MD1280 overview
A Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure holds the physical disk drive storage. The interface between the
controller I/O cards and the enclosure is referred to as back‐end connectivity.
Dell Storage MD1280 hardware
The Dell Storage MD1280 is a 5U SAS enclosure and supports up to 84 hard drives in 3.5-inch carriers,
installed in a two‐drawer, three‐row, and 14‐column configuration. The Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure
ships with two redundant power supply units (PSUs), five redundant cooling fan modules, and two
redundant 6 Gbps SAS I/O modules.
Dell Storage MD1280 monitoring
The Storage Enclosure Management software enables you to manage, update, and monitor MD1280. For
more information, see Dell Storage MD1280 Administrator's Guide available at www.dell.com/support.
The Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure uses LED indicators to indicate an issue with the enclosure.
NOTE: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator is not available for the Dell Storage MD1280
enclosure.
Front-panel features and indicators
The front panel displays the enclosure and power status.
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