Owner's manual
4 Enterpr ise Virtu al Array
ha rdware com ponen ts
This chapter describes the Enterprise Virtual Array hardware components. Topics to be discussed include:
• Fibre Channel drive enclosures
• Fibre Channel loop switches
• HSV c ontrollers
•Racks
Fibre Chann
el drive enclosures
The drive enclosure contains the d isk drives used for data storage. A storage system includes multiple
drive enclosures. The major 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 drive is referred to by its bay number. Enclosure status indicators are located in the lower-right,
front corner. Figure 11 shows the front and rear views of the FC drive enclosure.
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