DSS316J-S3 Enclosure Quick Guide
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1 – 2 Pull the inner rails out. Pull the blue release tab when it hits a stop.
3 – 4 Keep extending inner rail and pull the white detach tab
when it hits the second stop
5 – 6 Unretract the mid rail by pulling the latch on the mid rail
1 2
3 4
5 6
5c. Install Inner Rails to the enclosure.
Yellow circles are for standoff screws
Secure inner rail with
M4x4L screw (red)
To remove Inner rail from unit: Pull
the latch outward and remove the
keyhole from standoff
5d. Install the Outer Rails to the Rack as follows:
Red rectangles are locations for slide
rail position (front and rear posts)
Place square nut at yellow circles for
enclosure screws (front only)
1U
2U
3U
Rear Bracket
Front Bracket
1 – 2 Snap the rear part of slide rail
to rear posts
3 – 4 Snap the front part of slide rail
to front posts
1 2
3 4
To remove slide rails, use the latches to undo the assembly as follows:
Rear Bracket Front Bracket
5e. Install the Unit to the Rack as follows:
For a complete instruction on how to install unit to the rack,
please follow the Slide Rail Installation Guide.
At least two people are recommended for
mounting process.
6. Drive Mapping of DSS316J-S3 is as follows:
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
14 15 1613
7. Establish SAS connection with host, client, or
switch. Refer to the system configurations below to decide on
which port to use.
Single expander mode: SAS drives are not required, no high
availability is possible with this configuration. The SAS
HBA/RAID controller sees all 16 HDDs from DSS316J-S3.
Connect SAS cable to Host Port of the Primary Module.
Daisy-chain mode: a single expander mode with expandable
storage. The SAS HBA/RAID controller sees the collective
HDDs from the daisy-chained DSS316J-S3s.
Connect the Expander Port from the first unit to the Host Port
of the second unit and so on.
Dual expander mode: SAS drives are required. Two clients are
able to connect to the unit storage device due to the dual
port nature of the SAS drives. This configuration provides a
redundant path and high availability.
Clustered Storage Spaces mode: SAS drives are required. In
the below configuration, both hosts will have all the paths to
all 16x disks at the same time.
8. Press the Power Button on the front
of the unit after plugging AC cables.
