SAN Dry Port?

[Megalomaniac]

trying to figure this one out.

an IBM SAN controller has 4 host and 4 dry ports,
its the DS4700 Model 70.
has two controllers, with two ports per controller.
so what do the 4 dry ports stand for?

 

[Orinthical]

It should have four host ports and four drive ports.The drive ports are for the backend drive loops. The hosts loops are for hosts or switches with hosts.

 

[Megalomaniac]

oh thanks

some one said it to me, so i was not sure what they meant.

what are the driver ports usually used for?

 

[Hunterzyph]

Darn, was hoping to expand my IT vocabulary with "dry ports" ;-)