Copper Fibre Channel Cables; Fibre Channel Disk Drives - HP 6100 User Manual

To ensure optimum operation, the fiber optic cable components require protection from
contamination and mechanical hazards. Failure to provide this protection can cause degraded
operation. Observe the following precautions when using fiber optic cables.
To avoid breaking the fiber within the cable:
Do not kink the cable
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◦ Do not use a cable bend-radius of less than 30 mm (1.18 in)
To avoid deforming, or possibly breaking the fiber within the cable, do not place heavy objects
on the cable.
To avoid contaminating the optical connectors:
Do not touch the connectors
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Never leave the connectors exposed to the air
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Install a dust cover on each transceiver and fiber cable connector when they are
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disconnected
If an open connector is exposed to dust, or if there is any doubt about the cleanliness of the
connector, clean the connector as described in
Figure 9 Fiber Optic Fibre Channel cable

Copper Fibre Channel cables

The Enterprise Virtual Array uses copper Fibre Channel cables to connect the drive enclosures to
each other, or to the loop switches and to the HSV controllers. The cables are available in 0.6-meter
and 2.0-meter lengths. Copper cables provide performance comparable to fiber optic cables.
Copper cable connectors differ from fiber optic small form-factor connectors (see
29)).
Figure 10 Copper Fibre Channel cable

Fibre Channel disk drives

The Fibre Channel disk drives are
Dual-ported 2-Gbps Fibre Channel drive enclosure interface that allows up to 120 disk drives
to be supported per Fibre Channel drive enclosure pair
Compact, direct-connect design for maximum storage density and increased reliability and
signal integrity
Both online high-performance disk drives and FATA disk drives in a variety of capacities and
spindle speeds
Better vibration damping for improved performance
Up to 14 disk drives can be installed in a drive enclosure.
"Handling fiber optic cables" (page
hot-pluggable and include the following features:
76).
Figure 10 (page
Fibre Channel drive enclosures 29