A power source control apparatus for a disk subsystem includes a plurality of
hard
disk drives (HDDs) each with two systems of fiber channel interface ports, an HDD
drive section, and an HDD control logic section. The HDD drive section includes
two systems of fiber channel control sections, each of which includes a fiber channel
interface and a fiber channel control interface. The HDD control logic section
includes two systems of HDD control logics that control read/write accesses to
the HDDs. Fiber channel control signals are supplied from the HDD control logics
to the fiber channel control interfaces, respectively, and the fiber channel control
signals are also used to control the power source of the HDD drive section.