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    Consolidate your System p storage devices IBM System Storage 7214 Storage Device Enclosur e 7214 Storage Device Enclosure Highlights ■ Features a 1U rack mountable easy-to-install design that can be configured with up to three storage devices ■ Offers storage device options for both tape and DVD optical drives ■ Provides performance enhance-[...]

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    DVD-ROM optical drive for a total of up to three drives. The 7214 storage device enclosure may also featur e two tape drives. No more than two DVD drives may be featured in a single enclosure. Connection of the 7214 enclosure to System p requir es the PCI-X DDR Dual- x4 SAS Adapter (Feature # 5900). Up to two 7214 enclosures may be attached to this[...]

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    IBM System Storage 7214 Storage Device Enclosure at a glance Characteristics Number of storage devices Electronics T ypical compression Color W arranty Options Service Offerings 3 maximum (assumes one tape drive and two DVD drives) Serial SCSI (SAS) bus for enhanced data through-put Control car d sensor to track hardwar e function 2:1 for tape driv[...]

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    For more information Please contact your IBM marketing rep- resentative or IBM Business Partner , or visit: ibm.com /servers/storage/tape/ enclosures/index.html © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007 IBM Systems and T echnology Group Route 100 Somers, New Y ork 10589 Produced in the United States November 2007 All Rights Reserved IBM, the IBM logo, AIX,[...]