{"id":98,"date":"2026-10-24T16:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.1.10\/wordpress\/index.php\/landings-ibm_storage-ds4300\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T16:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:04:57","slug":"landings-ibm_storage-ds4300","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/landings\/IBM_Storage\/ds4300.php","title":{"rendered":"TotalStorage DS4300"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"isn-lp-hero\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"isn-lp-hero__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/images\/ibm_storage\/ds4300_fasst600.jpg\" alt=\"DS4300_Fastt600_ront\"><\/p>\n<ul class=\"isn-lp-hero__points\">\n<li>Disk Drives<\/li>\n<li>Power Supplies<\/li>\n<li>Expansion Arrays<\/li>\n<li>Controllers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"isn-lp-body\">\n<div class=\"isn-lp-main\">\n<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<p>The IBM TotalStorage DS4300 (FAStT600) is a high performance 2Gbps FC storage server. The DS4300 comes in two varieties:<\/p>\n<p>The DS4300 Turbo can have up to 112 disks attached when using (7) EXP700 or EXP710 Expansion enclosures and 2GB of high performance controller cache.<\/p>\n<p>The standard DS4300 can have up to 48 disks attached with the use of (3) EXP700 expansion enclosures. Non-turbo controllers have 512 MB of cache. Turbo upgrade kits are available. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>Expansion Shelf <\/td>\n<td>Maximum # of Enclosures<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\">Drive Type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/landings\/IBM_Storage\/exp700.php\">EXP700 and Internal<\/a><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">7 Expansion Enclosures x 14 Drives per Enclosure<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\" rowspan=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EXP710_Drive_Tray\" height=\"156\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/images\/storagearrays\/exp710_drive.jpg\" width=\"92\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/landings\/IBM_Storage\/exp710.php\">EXP710<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/landings\/IBM_Storage\/exp810.php\">EXP810 <\/a><\/td>\n<td>6 Enclosures x 16 Drives per Enclosure <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"exp810_drive_tray\" height=\"152\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/images\/storagearrays\/exp810_drive.jpg\" width=\"114\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>The IBM EXP810 expansion unit with ESM firmware 9898 or higher is supported attaching to the DS4300, DS4500, DS4700, and DS4800 subsystems with controller firmware version 6.23.xx.xx and later. Version 9898 and higher is also required to support the intermix of EXP710 and EXP810 with EXP100 storage expansion enclosures behind the DS4300, DS4500, DS4700 and DS4800 storage subsystems with controller firmware version 6.23.xx.xx, 6.60.xx.xx and 7.xx.xx.xx and to support the intermixing of the Fibre Channel and SATA E- DDMs within the EXP810 drive expansion enclosure in any storage subsystem configuration.<\/p>\n<p>Optional intermix licenses will allow you to use EXP100 SATA enclosures alongside your EXP700 and EXP710 enclosures for lower-tier storage requirements (e.g. backups.) <\/p>\n<p>Contact us if you need more information or integration assistance for your IBM DS4000 Series of products or EXPansion units.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"isn-lp-side\">\n<section class=\"isn-lp-box\">\n<h3>Options<\/h3>\n<h4>EXP810 FC Disk Drives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/59Y5460\">600GB 15K 4Gb FC E-DDM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/44X2450\">450GB 15K 4Gb FC E-DDM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/42D0410\">300GB 15K 4Gb FC E-DDM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/39M4594\">300GB 10K 4Gb FC E-DDM <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/40K6820\">146GB 15K 4Gb FC E-DDM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/40K6808\">146GB 15K 2Gb FC E-DDM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>EXP810 FC Drive Multi-Packs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/1812-5436\">16x 450GB 15K 4Gb FC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/1812-5435\">16x 300GB 15K 4Gb FC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/1812-5434\">16x 146GB 15K 4Gb FC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>EXP810 SATA Disk Drives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/59Y5536\">2TB 7.2K SATA E-DDM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/44X2458\">1TB 7.2K SATA E-DDM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/43W9714\">750GB 7.2K SATA E-DDM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/39M4554\">500GB 7.2K SATA E-DDM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>EX710 &amp; Internal Disk Drives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/73P8005\">300GB 10K FC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/73P8022\">146GB 15K FC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/32P0765\">146GB 10K FC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/rfq.php\">Request a quote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"isn-lp-box\">\n<h3>Documents<\/h3>\n<h4>DS4300<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/servermanuals\/ds4300_manual.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DS4300 Use &amp; Maintenance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/servermanuals\/ibm_storagemanager_manual.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IBM Storage Manager Manual<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"isn-lp-box\">\n<h3>EXP810 HDD FRU<\/h3>\n<h4>FC HDD FRUs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/59Y5460\"> FRU 59Y5460<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/44X2451\">FRU 44X2451<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/42D0417\">FRU 42D0417<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/42D0370\">FRU 42D0370<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/40K6823\">FRU 40K6823<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/40D0373\">FRU 40D0373<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>SATA HDD FRUs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/59Y5536\">FRU 59Y5536<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/44X2459\">FRU 44X2459<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/43W9715\">FRU 43W9715 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/39M4557\">FRU 39M4557 <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Need other IBM FRUs?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/rfq.php\">Request a quote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disk Drives Power Supplies Expansion Arrays Controllers Overview The IBM TotalStorage DS4300 (FAStT600) is a high performance 2Gbps FC storage server. The DS4300 comes in two varieties: The DS4300 Turbo can have up to 112 disks attached when using (7) EXP700 or EXP710 Expansion enclosures and 2GB of high performance controller cache. The standard DS4300 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-98","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}