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Chapter 1
Introducing Fibre Channel Storage Systems.................................1-2
Fibre Channel Background..............................................................1-3
Fibre Channel Storage Components ..............................................1-4
Software) .....................................................................................1-4
Interconnect Components ........................................................1-4
Hardware)...................................................................................1-7
Types of Storage-System Installations ...........................................1-8
Networks) ..........................................................................................1-9
Storage Groups.........................................................................1-10
Storage-System Hardware......................................................1-13
Chapter 2
Introducing RAID .............................................................................2-2
Disk Striping...............................................................................2-2
Mirroring.....................................................................................2-2
RAID Groups and LUNs ..........................................................2-3
RAID Types........................................................................................2-4
RAID 5 Group (Individual Access Array) .............................2-4
RAID 3 Group (Parallel Access Array)...................................2-5
RAID 1 Mirrored Pair................................................................2-7
RAID 0 Group (Nonresident Array) .......................................2-7
EMC Fibre Channel Storage System Model FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide
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