This is indeed a fibre channel device that requires fibre channel discs and a machine that has fibre optic network connection, I have used and owned several A5200 arrays that are identical to this except they have an additional disc bank in the back to double the capacity fill these with 150 or 300 gig fc disks and you have one of the fastest and most fault resistant arrays its ever been my pleasure to use. No software is required as the array is completely controlled from the touch sensitive orange screen on the device itself.
I would rather have one of these than a sd card any day just not the power bills that go with it, that why the A5200 that's in my garage is powered down
Gaz
