Physical Disks - HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 2-node Manual

Physical Disks

A physical disk is a hard drive mounted on a drive magazine or module located in drive cages in
HP 3PAR storage systems. There are three types of physical disks: Fibre Channel (FC), Near Line
(NL) and Solid State Drives (SSD).
In DC4 drive cages, each drive magazine holds four disks numbered 0 through 3 from the rear
to the front of the magazine. The DC4 drive cages contain a maximum of ten drive magazines for
a maximum of 40 physical disks in each drive cage. See
Figure 13 DC4 Drive Magazine with Physical Disks
1. Front of drive magazine
2. Rear of drive magazine
In a DC3 drive cage, each plug-in drive module holds a single disk numbered 0 through 15. The
DC3 drive cage contains 16 drive bays and holds up to 16 drive magazine modules for a maximum
of 16 physical disks in each drive cage. See
Figure 14 DC3 Drive Magazine Module with One Physical Disk
Figure 13 (page
Figure 14 (page 63).
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