Hitachi 9900 User Manual

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Hitachi Freedom Storage

™

Lightning 9900

™

V Series

Packaging 

The Lightning 9980V system is available in a two-to-five cabinet configuration (as

shown on the cover of this guide), depending on connectivity and capacity needs. A
Control Frame serves as the control center of each system and manages up to four Array
Frames that are connected via high-speed Fibre Channel links. A fully configured system is
contained in five cabinets 73.2 inches high, 148.9 inches wide, and 31.5 inches deep.

The Control Frame of the Lightning 9980V system contains the Service Processor,

Client Host Interface Processor modules (CHIPs) with Fibre Channel adapters, ESCON

®

adapters, and/or FICON

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adapters, Cache Modules, Cache Switch Modules (CSWs), Array

Control Processor modules (ACPs), power supplies, and battery modules. An illustration of
the Control Frame is shown in Figure 8.

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