[5856] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: FC-AL support
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Jacob)
Wed Feb 10 16:56:42 1999
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:51:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com
To: Jakub Jelinek <jj@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
Cc: Steffen Grunewald <steffen@gfz-potsdam.de>, davem@redhat.com,
kay@hni.uni-paderborn.de, linux-raid@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199902102136.WAA13194@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz>
> > > The Sparc port has full support for point to point and full fc-al
> > > fibre channel. This is utilizing Sun's SOC and SOCAL adapter cards.
> > >
> >
> > What about Jaycor (JNI) cards ? They seem to simulate a SCSI
> > interface, but with up to 255 disks connected :-)
>
> 255? Strange. Does it have dual Fibre Channels? Even than that number is
> strange. AFAIK, AL topology limit is 126 devices arbitrating on the loop,
> and one has to be the HBA...
>
You can stack more on top of the local loop entities if you have fabric
support.
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