IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Series - Manual (Page 248)

224 DS6000 Series: Concepts and Architecture
Figure 11-2 Switched FC-AL disk subsystem
Performance is enhanced as both DAs connect to the switched Fibre Channel disk subsystem
backend as displayed in Figure 11-3 on page 225. Note that each DA port can concurrently
send and receive data.
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