Dell SC8000 - Communication Links

Chapter 1 Introduction
4 Storage Center SC8000 Controller Deployment Guide
Communication Links
AStorageCentercontrollerusesmultipletypesofcommunicationlinksforbothdata
transferandadministrativefunctions.Communicationlinksareclassifiedintothreetypes:
frontend,backend,andsystemadministration.
Figure 2. SC8000 Controller Communication Links
Item Description Speed Type
1ServerwithFibreChannelHostBus
Adapters(HBAs)
8Gbor16Gb FrontEnd
2FibreChannelSwitches 8Gbor16Gb FrontEnd
3ServerwithFibreChanneloverEthernet
(FCoE)HBAsoriSCSIHBAs
10Gb
1Gbor10Gb
FrontEnd
4EthernetSwitches 1Gbor10Gb FrontEnd
5 SC8000Controller IOcard‐dependent N/A
6SASEnclosure
Note:
FCenclosuresaresupportedfor
SC8000controllermigrationsonly.
6Gbperchannel BackEnd
7Ethernet 10Mb,100Mb,or1Gb
capability(seeNote,
page 5)
System
Administration
8 Serial 115,200Kbps System
Administration
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