Controllers

NIMBLE SP-CRTL-CS700 STORAGE CONTROLLER

Dell TD2NM PERC H330 12Gbps PCI-E RAID Controller

DELL CG2YM H330 SAS 12GB PCIE

EATON SC200-00 SYSTEM CONTROLLER

519320-001 HP D2700 Storage Array Controller SAS Enclosure

Dell 75D1H PERC H330 12Gbps SAS/SATA PCI-E RAID Controller

The HBC is the main control board (often called Library Controller or HBC) located at the front of the card cage in the SL3000 base module. It serves as the central brain of the library, managing:

Overall library operations
Robotics coordination (TallBot / HandBot movements)
Cartridge inventory and mapping
Host communication (via TCP/IP or FC-SCSI)
Drive control and monitoring
Pass-thru port (PTP) and CAP (Cartridge Access Port) operations
Error logging, diagnostics, and firmware execution

The HBC card runs the library firmware and boot-strap code. In SL3000 systems, there is typically one primary HBC (with optional HBCR redundant variant in some configs, but SL3000 is single-HBC standard). Failure of the HBC usually causes the library to go offline, robotics to halt, or the system to enter degraded/service mode with errors like "HBC failure" or "library controller fault."

The Cisco 03-25641-0600 (also known as UCSB-MRAID12G, UCS VIC 1340 + RAID controller bundle, or FlexStorage 12Gbps SAS RAID Storage Controller) is a modular RAID storage controller designed specifically for Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers (particularly B200 M3/M4/M5 generations) and some C-Series rack servers with modular LOM (LAN on Motherboard) and storage options.

This is not a standalone PCIe card but a mezzanine-style FlexStorage module that combines:

• Cisco VIC 1340 (Virtual Interface Card) – dual-port 10GbE + storage connectivity
• LSI SAS 3008/3108-based RAID controller – 12 Gbps SAS-3 with hardware RAID support

It installs into the dedicated mezzanine slot on UCS B200 blade servers (or equivalent C-Series modular slot), providing:

• Dual-port 10GbE networking (via VIC 1340) for high-bandwidth fabric interconnect
• 12 Gbps SAS RAID with up to 8 internal SAS/SATA drive ports (supports RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60)
• Integrated supercapacitor cache (no battery) for write-back caching during power loss
• Full Cisco UCS integration with UCS Manager (service profiles, firmware updates, monitoring)

The controller supports MegaRAID firmware from Broadcom/LSI, with Dell EMC UCS branding and validation for seamless UCS blade operation. It was a very common configuration in UCS B200 M4/M5 blades for servers needing both high-speed networking and hardware RAID for internal drives without using a full PCIe slot.

ADIC 3-01989-1 TS3310 ML6000 i500 Library Control Board

ADIC 3-00033-06 ROBOT CONTROL UNIT SCALAR I2000