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Chapter 3: External Storage and SAN Subsystems
1. EXTERNAL SUBSYSTEMS SUMMARY TABLE ...............................................................7
2. DAS AND DAE FIBRE DISK SUBSYSTEMS.....................................................................8
2.1. Common Features of the DAS4500/5300/5700 and DAE 5000 Series.....................................................................8
2.1.1. Highlights...............................................................................................................................................................8
2.1.2. Disks ......................................................................................................................................................................9
2.1.3. DAE Enclosure ....................................................................................................................................................11
2.1.4. iDAE Enclosure ...................................................................................................................................................15
2.1.5. DPE Enclosure .....................................................................................................................................................21
2.2. DAE5000 (Full Fibre JBOD Disk Array Subsystems) ...........................................................................................28
2.2.1. Highlights.............................................................................................................................................................28
2.2.2. Configurability and Packaging ............................................................................................................................28
2.2.3. SAN Features .......................................................................................................................................................29
2.3. DAS5300 (Full Fibre RAID Disk Subsystems)........................................................................................................29
2.3.1. Highlights.............................................................................................................................................................29
2.3.2. Configurability and Packaging ............................................................................................................................29
2.3.3. SAN Features .......................................................................................................................................................30
2.4. DAS4500 .....................................................................................................................................................................30
2.4.1. Highlights.............................................................................................................................................................30
2.4.2. Configurability and Packaging ............................................................................................................................31
2.4.3. SAN Features .......................................................................................................................................................31
2.5. DAS5700 (Full Fibre RAID Disk Subsystems)........................................................................................................31
2.5.1. Highlights.............................................................................................................................................................31
2.5.2. Configurability and Packaging ............................................................................................................................32
2.5.3. SAN Features .......................................................................................................................................................32
2.6. DAS5720 (Full Fibre RAID Disk Array Subsystems) ............................................................................................33
2.6.1. Highlights.............................................................................................................................................................33
2.6.2. Configurability and Packaging ............................................................................................................................33
2.6.3. SAN features........................................................................................................................................................33