Instruction Manual

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Figure 26 Copper Fibre C hannel cable
Fibre Channel disk d rives
The Fibre Chan
nel drives are hot-pluggable and include the following features:
• Dual-ported 2 Gbps FC -AL interface that allows up to 120 drives to be supported per FC-AL pair.
• 36 GB, 72 GB, 146 GB, and 300GB10K and 15K rpm, and additional drives as certified.
• Compact, dir
ect-connect design for maximum storage density and increased reliability and
signal integ rity.
• Both online (normal, high-performance) and near-online (lower-performance) drives.
• Improved dr
ive cooling essential for high performance.
• Bet ter vibration damping for improved performance.
• Greater component commonality throughout the Enterprise Virtual Array.
Up to 14 disk drives can be contained in a Fibre Channel drive enclosure. Figure 27 shows the front view
of a Fibre Channel disk drive.
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27 Fibre C h annel disk drive
HP-su
pplied disk drives conform to the enclosure initiated Enclosure Services Interface (ESI).
CAUTION:
Maintain ing proper air fl ow within the enclosure requires installing a drive or a drive blank in each d rive
bay. To avoid overheating, never remove more than one drive or drive blank from an operating enclosure
at the same time. To prevent overheating and ensure proper operation, H P recommends installing a drive
of equal or gr eater capacity, or a drive blank, as soon as possible.
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