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Xserve raid hardware connections, Xserve raid hardware connections 79 – Apple Xserve RAID User Manual

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Planning RAID Storage for the Xserve RAID System

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Xserve RAID Hardware Connections

The Xserve RAID system offers three standard hardware configurations—a system with 4
Apple drive modules, 7 drive modules, or 14 drive modules. You can connect any of these
systems to a host or fibre channel switch in several ways. The examples below show several
of the possible connections.

Host

or

or

Host A

Host B

Host A

Host B

Host C

Host D

Fibre channel switch

Single fibre channel
PCI dual-port card

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