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Figure 26 Copper Fibre Channel cable
Fibre Channel disk drives
The Fibre Channel 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, direct-connect design for maximum storage density and increased reliability and
signal integrity.
• Both online (normal, high-performance) and near-online (lower-performance) drives.
• Improved drive cooling essential for high performance.
• Better 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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Figure 27 Fibre Channel disk drive
HP-supplied disk drives conform to the enclosure initiated Enclosure Services Interface ( ESI ).
CAUTION:
Maintaining proper air flow within the enclosure requires installing a drive or a drive blank in each drive
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, HP recommends installing a drive
of equal or greater capacity, or a drive blank, as soon as possible.
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