HP 3000 Enterprise Virtual Array - Manual (Page 24)

Each hardware component is identified in the following sections and is described in detail in Storage
System Hardware Components .
Fibre Channel drive enclosure
Each FC drive enclosure includes the following features:
• 3U drive enclosure
• Dual-redundant, active-to-active, 2-Gbps FC loops
• Fourteen 1-inch FC disks per enclosure
• Environmental Monitoring Unit (EMU)
• Dual 2-Gbps FC I/O modules—A and B loops
• Enhanced fault detection
• Single Gigabit Interface Converter
• Dual 500-W redundant hot-plug power supplies and blowers
For ease of reference, the disk drives are referred to by their physical location, the drive bay number.
Figure 5 shows the front view of the FC drive enclosure and the physical location of each drive bay.
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Figure 5 FC drive enclosure
1–14 drive bays
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Fibre Channel loop switches
The EVA5000 uses four FC loop switches to connect all of the drive enclosures to the controller pair
via FC cables. Each switch acts as a central point of interconnection and establishes a fault-tolerant
physical loop topology.
The major features of the FC loop switches are:
• 2.125 Gbps operating speed
• Twelve ports
• Half-width, 1U size
• System and port status LED indicators
• Universal power supply that operates between 100 to 250 VAC and 50 to 60 Hz
• Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers
Figure 6 shows the bezel and front view of the FC loop switch.
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