EMC FC5300 User Manual
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Introducing EMC Fibre Channel Storage Systems.......................1-2
Fibre Channel Background..............................................................1-3
Fibre Channel Storage Components ..............................................1-4
Fibre Channel Background..............................................................1-3
Fibre Channel Storage Components ..............................................1-4
Server Component (Host-Bus Adapter Driver Package with
Software) .....................................................................................1-4
Interconnect Components ........................................................1-4
Storage Component (Storage Systems, Storage Processors
(SPs), and Other Hardware).....................................................1-9
Software) .....................................................................................1-4
Interconnect Components ........................................................1-4
Storage Component (Storage Systems, Storage Processors
(SPs), and Other Hardware).....................................................1-9
Types of Storage System Installations..........................................1-10
About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area
Networks) ........................................................................................1-11
About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area
Networks) ........................................................................................1-11
Storage Groups.........................................................................1-12
Storage System Hardware for Shared Storage ....................1-15
Storage System Hardware for Shared Storage ....................1-15
Disk Striping...............................................................................2-2
Mirroring.....................................................................................2-2
RAID Groups and LUNs ..........................................................2-3
Mirroring.....................................................................................2-2
RAID Groups and LUNs ..........................................................2-3
RAID 5 Group (Individual Access Array) .............................2-4
RAID 3 Group (Parallel Access Array)...................................2-5
RAID 3 Group (Parallel Access Array)...................................2-5
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