TS7760 Storage Expansion Frame Configurations with 8 TB DDMs

The following table displays the total achievable capacity for a certain number of 3956-XSA drawers with 8 TB DDMs attached to a 3956-CSA Controller(s).
Table 1. TS7760 Storage Expansion Frame configurations for 8 TB capacity drives
TS7760 Cache configuration for base frame Cache units‡ in eachTS7760 Storage Expansion Frame cache controller (3956-CSA) plus optional cache drawers (3956-XSA) First TS7760 Storage Expansion Frame Second TS7760 Storage Expansion Frame
Total cache units (including TS7760 Base Frame) Available capacity Total cache units (including TS7760 Base Frame) Available capacity
1 TS7760 Cache Controller (3956-CSA)

9 TS7760 Cache Drawers (3956-XSA)
1 (controller only) 11 679.67 TB(618.16 TiB) 26 1606.99 TB (1461.55 TiB)
2 12 741.51 TB (674.40 TiB) 27 1668.83 TB (1517.80 TiB)
3 13 803.35 TB (730.64 TiB) 28 1730.68 TB (1574.04 TiB)
4 14 865.19 TB (786.89 TiB) 29 1792.52 TB (1630.28 TiB)
5 15 927.03 TB (843.13 TiB) 30 1854.36 TB (1686.53 TiB)
6 16 988.87 TB (899.38 TiB) 31 1916.20 TB (1742.77 TiB)
7 17 1050.72 TB (955.62 TiB) 32 1978.04 TB (1799.02 TiB)
8 18 1112.56 TB (1011.86 TiB) 33 2039.88 TB (1855.26 TiB)
9 19 1174.40 TB (1068.11 TiB) 34 2101.72 TB (1911.50 TiB)
10 20 1236.24 TB (1124.35 TiB) 35 2163.56 TB (1967.75 TiB)
11 21 1298.08 TB (1180.60 TiB) 36 2225.40 TB (2023.99 TiB)
12 22 1359.92 TB (1236.84 TiB) 37 2287.24 TB (2080.24 TiB)
13 23 1421.76 TB (1293.08 TiB) 38 2349.08 TB (2136.48 TiB)
14 24 1483.60 TB (1349.33 TiB) 39 2410.93 TB (2192.72 TiB)
15 25 1545.44 TB (1405.57 TiB) 40 2472.77 TB (2248.97 TiB)
‡The term "Total cache units" refers to the combination of cache controllers and cache drawers.

A new TS7760 Storage Expansion Frame can be added to a TS7760 Base Frame fully configured with a 3956-CSA cache controller and nine 3956-XSA cache drawers by using FC 7334, TS7760 Encryption Capable Expansion Frame (VEC section below) as a miscellaneous equipment specification (MES).

Refer to the topic Upgrades specific to the TS7760 in the Related information section for MES details and requirements.