About The Rackmount Disk-Array Processor Enclosure; Introduction; Dae - Dell FC4500 Hardware Reference Manual

About the Rackmount Disk-Array Processor Enclosure

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Introduction

The DPE is a highly available, high-performance, high-capacity,
disk-array storage system that uses a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
(FC-AL) as its interconnect interface. Its modular, scalable design
provides additional disk storage as your needs increase.
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DAE

Using its interface, with simple FC-AL serial cabling, the FC4500
DPE can support up to 11 DAEs A DAE is a basic enclosure without a
storage processor (SP). The FC4500 and 11 DAEs support up to 120
disk modules in a single disk-array file storage system.
EMC Fibre Channel Disk-Array Processor Enclosure (DPE) Hardware Reference
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