4 Enterprise Virtu al Array
hardware components
This chapter describes the Enterprise Vir tual Array hardware components.
Fibre Channel drive enclosures
Thedriveencl
osure contains the disk drives used for data storage. A storage system includes multiple
drive enclos
ures. The major components of the enclosure are:
• 2.1 25–Gb, dual loop, 14–drive enclosure
• Dual-loop, Fibre Channel drive enclosure I/O modules
• Copper Fibr
e Channel cables
• Fibre Channel disk drives and drive blanks
• Power supplies
• Blowers
• Cache batteries
• EMU
Enclosure layout
Thediskdrivesmountinbays 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 10 shows the front and rear views of the FC drive enclosure.
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