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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