IBM V7000 Expansion Module 2076-224 24SFF SAS2 disk shelves (Xyratex EB-2425-E6EBD)
I recently decommissioned an IBM V7000 SAN (dual controller, each is commodity Xeon, probably LGA 1366, running what is, as best as I can tell, Linux with a Java webapp for management). Good riddance.
I had a feeling that the disk shelves were just SAS, so I grabbed them for some science. Well, turns out, the Gen 1 IBM V7000 expansion modules are perfectly normal SAS2 disk shelves. Nothing special about them. They are white-labeled Xyratex EB-2425-E6EBD enclosures (as sold by Pure, NetApp, Dell, HPE, Cray, Seagate.. so, if you need parts, they’re very easy to find) and pretty quiet for 24x 600gb 10K spinnies per shelf. I hooked them up to a Dell H200E (LSI 2008) HBA and the disks came right up.
A fine home for some future SAS SSDs.. Anyway, here’s all 46 600gb 10K drives, in all their glory:
wporter@3888t0:~$ lsblk -e7
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdb 8:16 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdc 8:32 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdd 8:48 0 558.9G 0 disk
sde 8:64 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdf 8:80 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdg 8:96 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdh 8:112 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdi 8:128 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdj 8:144 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdk 8:160 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdl 8:176 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdm 8:192 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdn 8:208 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdo 8:224 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdp 8:240 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdq 65:0 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdr 65:16 0 558.9G 0 disk
sds 65:32 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdt 65:48 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdu 65:64 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdv 65:80 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdw 65:96 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdx 65:112 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdy 65:128 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdz 65:144 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdaa 65:160 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdab 65:176 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdac 65:192 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdad 65:208 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdae 65:224 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdaf 65:240 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdag 66:0 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdah 66:16 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdai 66:32 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdaj 66:48 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdak 66:64 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdal 66:80 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdam 66:96 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdan 66:112 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdao 66:128 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdap 66:144 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdaq 66:160 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdar 66:176 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdas 66:192 0 558.9G 0 disk
sdat 66:208 0 558.9G 0 disk
wporter@3888t0:~$ lsscsi
[0:0:0:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdc
[0:0:1:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdb
[0:0:2:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sda
[0:0:3:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdd
[0:0:4:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sde
[0:0:5:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdf
[0:0:6:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdg
[0:0:7:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdh
[0:0:8:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdi
[0:0:9:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdj
[0:0:10:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E6 /dev/sdk
[0:0:11:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdl
[0:0:12:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdm
[0:0:13:0] enclosu XYRATEX EB-2425-E6EBD 2126 -
[0:0:29:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdab
[0:0:31:0] disk IBM-207x ST600MM0006 B56S /dev/sdad
[0:0:33:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdaf
[0:0:35:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdah
[0:0:36:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdai
[0:0:38:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdak
[0:0:40:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdam
[0:0:41:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdan
[0:0:42:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E6 /dev/sdao
[0:0:46:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdas
[0:0:47:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdat
[0:0:50:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdn
[0:0:51:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdo
[0:0:52:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdp
[0:0:53:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdq
[0:0:54:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdr
[0:0:55:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sds
[0:0:56:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdt
[0:0:57:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E6 /dev/sdu
[0:0:58:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdv
[0:0:59:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdw
[0:0:60:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdx
[0:0:61:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdy
[0:0:62:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdz
[0:0:63:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdaa
[0:0:64:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdac
[0:0:65:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdae
[0:0:66:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdag
[0:0:67:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdaj
[0:0:68:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdal
[0:0:69:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdap
[0:0:70:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdaq
[0:0:71:0] disk IBM-207x HUC109060CSS60 J2E9 /dev/sdar
[0:0:72:0] enclosu XYRATEX EB-2425-E6EBD 2126 -