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94 Sun Fire 880 Server Owner’s Guide • August 2001
About the Mass Storage Subsystem
Components
All Sun Fire 880 servers include the following mass storage subsystem components.
The following mass storage subsystem components are available as system options.
Component Quantity Description
FC-AL disk backplane 1 Base backplane providing connections for up to
six dual-ported FC-AL disk drives. See “About
the FC-AL Disk Backplanes” on page 95.
On-board FC-AL host
adapter 1 Integrated into the system motherboard.
Manages FC-AL I/O operations and data
transfers on loop A of the mass storage
subsystem. See “About FC-AL Host Adapters”
on page 99.
Component Quantity Description
Expansion FC-AL disk
backplane 1 Expands the base array to accommodate up to 12
disks. See “About the FC-AL Disk Backplanes”
on page 95.
FC-AL disk drives Up to 12
(6 per
backplane) Low-profile (1.0-inch) dual-ported disks,
available in various storage capacities. See
“About Internal Disk Drives” on page 97.
PCI FC-AL host adapter
cards Up to 9 PCI host adapter cards for controlling internal or
external FC-AL devices. These plug in to PCI
slots on the system I/O board. Only one PCI
FC-AL host adapter can be connected internally
to manage FC-AL I/O operations and data
transfers on loop B of the mass storage
subsystem. See “About FC-AL Host Adapters”
on page 99.