Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Support Matrix

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Supported expansion enclosures

ME4 Series storage systems can support a maximum of 336 drive slots depending on the base system and the additional expansion enclosures.

ME4012 and ME4024 storage systems support up to nine additional 2U (non-dense) ME412/ME424 expansion enclosures or three 5U (dense) ME484 expansion enclosures. ME4012 and ME4024 storage systems do not support a combination of ME412/ME424 and ME484 expansion enclosures.

ME4084 storage systems support up to three 5U (dense) ME484 expansion enclosures.

Deploying a drive on a system writes metadata to the drive that is not compatible between ME Series storage systems. ME4 Series storage systems do not support drives that have already been deployed either internally on an ME5 Series base system or on an expansion enclosure that has been used on an ME5 Series storage system.

Table 1. Supported 2U (non-dense) expansion enclosures2U non-dense supported expansion enclosures
Enclosure Model	Minimum Firmware Version
ME412	52A0
ME424	52A0

Table 2. Supported 5U (dense) expansion enclosures5U dense supported expansion enclosures
Enclosure Model	Minimum Firmware Version
ME484	52A0

NOTE Expansion enclosures are not supported on ME4 Series storage systems with a single controller module.