Compaq Storageworks Raid Array 4000 System With Redundant Components - Compaq StorageWorks 4000 - RAID Array Troubleshooting Manual

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Compaq StorageWorks RAID Array 4000 System with
Redundant Components
A Compaq StorageWorks RAID Array 4000 system with redundant components consists of:
Two Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (PCI only)
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Two storage hubs (7 or 12)
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At least one Compaq RA4000 consisting of two RA4000 Controllers and several hot-
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pluggable SCSI hard drives
Two longwave or shortwave GigaBit Interface Converter (GBIC) modules per Fibre
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Channel cable link
Multi-mode or single mode Fibre Channel cables. One cable is connected between the
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Storage Hub 7 or Storage Hub 12 and each component on the FC-AL.
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Figure 1-2. Compaq Fibre Channel Primary Storage System with two RA4000(s)
FC-AL Components in a Primary Storage System
Component
Server
RA4000 Rack-Mountable
RA4000 (Tower)
Fibre Channel Storage Hub 7
GigaBit Interface Converter
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Table 1-1
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Introduction 1-3
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