Dot Hill Systems II 200 FC Contents, Preface, xvii, Product and Architecture Overview

Contents

Preface		. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xvii
1. Product and Architecture Overview			. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1–1
1.1	Comparison of FC, SATA, and SATA SE Arrays			1–2
	1.1.1 Fibre Channel and SATA Array Architectures			1–3
	1.1.1.1	SANnet II 200	FC Array Features	1–3
	1.1.1.2	SANnet II 200	SATA and SATA SE Array Features	1–4

1.1.2Differences Between SANnet II 200 FC Arrays and SANnet II 200

		SATA Arrays	. . . . 1–4
	1.1.3 SANnet II 200 FC, SATA, and SATA SE Array Configurations . .		. . . . 1–6
1.2	Field-Replaceable Units		. . . . 1–8
	1.2.1 RAID I/O Controller Modules		. . . . 1–8
	1.2.2	I/O Expansion Modules	. . . . 1–9
	1.2.3	Disk Drives	. . . . 1–9
		1.2.3.1 SANnet II 200 FC Array Disk Drives	. . . 1–10
		1.2.3.2 SANnet II 200 SATA and SATA SE Array Disk Drives	. . . 1–10
	1.2.4	Battery Module	. . . 1–10
	1.2.5 Power and Fan Modules		. . . 1–11
1.3	Interoperability		. . . 1–11
1.4	Fibre Channel Technology Overview		. . . 1–11
	1.4.1	FC Protocols	. . . 1–12
	1.4.2	FC Topologies	. . . 1–12
	1.4.3 Fibre Hubs and Switches		. . . 1–12
	1.4.4	Data Availability	. . . 1–13
	1.4.5	Scalability	. . . 1–13

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