HP 3PAR InForm OS 3.1.1 Concepts Guide

Figure 17 DC3 Drive Cage (Rear View)
Controller Nodes
System controller nodes use Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, and iSCSI ports to connect the storage
sever to your network, host computers, storage sever components, and to other systems.
Inside each controller node there are slots for network adapters, control cache DIMMs, and data
cache DIMMs. The number of controller nodes in each system, and the type and number of network
adapters is configurable. The number of controller nodes each system model can accommodate
is summarized in Table 6 (page 62).
Table 6 System Models and Number of Controller Nodes
Number of Controller NodesStorage System Model
2, 4, 6, or 8P10000
2 or 4T400
2, 4, 6, or 8T800
2F200
4F400
Port Numbering
The number of host ports each storage system model can accommodate is summarized in Table 7
(page 62).
Table 7 Storage System Models and Number of Ports
Number of iSCSI PortsNumber of FC PortsStorage System Model
0-180-288P10000
0-160-64T400
0-320-128T800
0-40-8F200
0-80-16F400
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