HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array owner's guide (AE002-96029, October 2006)

Connectiv ity
The system can be configured to p rovide the following types of host connections:
• Fibre Channel: O pen Systems; FC-AL or Fabric; 1, 2, or 4 Gbps, single or
multimode; LC
-Duplex
• ESCON: mainframe, serial
• FICON : mainframe, LC -Duplex, single or multimode, 1, 2, or 4 G bps
• iSCSI: 8por
ts per adapter, 1 Gbps
• NAS: 8 ports per adapter, 1 Gbps
Scalability
The disk array is scalable to accommodate your current and future storage capacity
needs.
The minimum XP12000 configuration includes one DKC containing 9 to 128 disk drives.
You can expand the disk array to include one to four DKUs, each containing up to 256
disk drives. The maximum array configuration ca n contain 1152 disk drives providing
up to 332 TB of raw storage capacity in a single array.
Your HP support representative can add D KUs and disk drives online with no interruptions
to applications or hosts.
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