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4 Enterpr ise Virtu al Array

ha rdware com ponen ts

This chapter describes the Enterprise Virtual Array hardware components. To pics to be discussed include:

• Fibre Channel drive enclosures

• Fibre Chan nel loop switches

• HSV controllers

•Racks

Fibre Chann

el drive enclosures

The drive enclosure contains the disk drives used for data storage. A storage system includes multiple

drive enclosures. The m ajor co mponents of the enclosure are:

• 2.125–Gb, dual loop, 14–drive enclosure

• Dual-loop,

Fibre Channel drive enclosure I/O modules

• Copper Fibre Channel cables

• Fibre Channel disk drives and drive blanks

• Power supp

lies

• Blowers

• Cache batteries

• EMU

Enclosure layout

The disk drives mount in bays in the front of the enclosure. The bays are numbered sequentially from left

to right. A d rive is referred to by its bay number. Enclosure status indicators are located in the lower-right,

front corner. Figure 10 shows the front and rear views of the FC drive enclosure.

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