Copper Fibre Channel Cables; Fibre Channel Disk Drives; Disk Drive Status Indicators - HP 6400/8400 User Manual

Figure 5 Fiber Optic Fibre Channel cable

Copper Fibre Channel cables

The Enterprise Virtual Array uses copper Fibre Channel cables to interconnect disk shelves. The
cables are available in 0.6-meter (1.97 ft.) and 2.0-meter (6.56 ft.) lengths. Copper cables provide
performance comparable to fiber optic cables. Copper cable connectors differ from fiber optic
small form-factor connectors (see
Figure 6 Copper Fibre Channel cable

Fibre Channel disk drives

The Fibre Channel disk drives are
Dual-ported 4 Gbps Fibre Channel controller interface that allows up to 96 disk drives to be
supported per array controller enclosure
Compact, direct-connect design for maximum storage density and increased reliability and
signal integrity
Both online high-performance disk drives and FATA disk drives supported in a variety of
capacities and spindle speeds
Better vibration damping for improved performance
Up to 12 disk drives can be installed in a drive enclosure.

Disk drive status indicators

Two status indicators display drive operational status.
status indicators.
Figure 7 Disk status indicators
1. Bi-color (amber/blue)
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hot-pluggable
Table 3 (page 13) describes them.
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and include the following features:
Figure 7 (page 12)
2. Green
identifies the disk drive