Table Of Contents - Dell FC4500 Hardware Reference Manual

Preface
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Chapter 1 About the Rackmount Disk-Array Processor Enclosure
Introduction .......................................................................................1-2
DPE Components..............................................................................1-4
Enclosure.....................................................................................1-4
Midplane .....................................................................................1-8
Storage Processors (SPs) ...........................................................1-9
Link Control Cards (LCCs)............................................................1-11
Disk Modules ...........................................................................1-12
Disk Drives ...............................................................................1-12
Drive Carrier ............................................................................1-13
Power Supplies ........................................................................1-13
Standby Power Supply (SPS) .................................................1-14
Drive Fan Pack .........................................................................1-14
SP Fan Pack...............................................................................1-15
Redundancy in Configurations.....................................................1-17
What Next? ......................................................................................1-18
Chapter 2 Installing a Rackmount DPE
Requirements.....................................................................................2-1
Site Requirements ......................................................................2-1
Cabling Requirements...............................................................2-2
Addressing Requirements ........................................................2-2
Installing a DPE in a Cabinet ..........................................................2-3
Installing DPEs on the Mounting Rails in the Cabinet ........2-4
DPE Powerup and Initialization...................................................2-16
DPE Powerdown.............................................................................2-16
Binding Disk Modules into Groups .............................................2-18
EMC Fibre Channel Disk-Array Processor Enclosure (DPE) Hardware Reference
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