Introduction; Overview - Sun Microsystems StorEdge 3900 Series Reference And Service Manual

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C H A P T E R

Introduction

The Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 series are complete preconfigured storage solutions.
The Sun StorEdge 3900 series provides three different configurations for the direct
attached storage (DAS) environment. The Sun StorEdge 6900 series also has four
configurations that can be used in the storage area network (SAN) arena.
This chapter is organized as follows:
"Overview" on page 1-1
"Architecture" on page 1-8
"System-Level Support Information" on page 1-10
"Features" on page 1-10
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Overview

The Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 series storage subsystems provide midrange and
enterprise customers with the following features:
Modular storage elements that can be incrementally expanded in a predefined
footprint
Logical unit number (LUN) segmenting, slicing, or carving for storage
consolidation
LUN security access (masking) for the storage consolidation models
Fibre Channel (FC) interface
Sun-tested and supported preconfigured components packaged for specific
storage solutions
A high degree of data availability in a unit that reduces cost of ownership
Hot swapping of all field-replaceable units (FRUs)
Cluster support and independent host attach simultaneously
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