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Appendix A
Fibre Channel Overview
Working With Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel devices may use either of two modes: soft or hard
addressing. Hard addressing is similar to the existing SCSI approach.
Fibre Channel devices can only use the assigned address. If that address
is already being used by another device, the Fibre Channel device will
not respond to any bus activity. Soft addressing is similar to LAN
addressing, where the system determines device addresses. As part of
the addressing protocol, all Fibre Channel devices have one or more
unique addresses that are not duplicated any where in the world. These
addresses are provided by ANSI to manufactures of Fibre Channel
products.
Summary of Contents for 2100 ER
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Page 15: ...1 1 Introduction 1 Introduction ...
Page 24: ...1 10 Chapter1 Introduction Fibre Channel Configurations ...
Page 25: ...2 1 Setting Up the Fibre Bridge 2 Setting Up the Fibre Bridge ...
Page 36: ...2 12 Chapter2 Setting Up the Fibre Bridge Installing Cables ...
Page 37: ...3 1 Operating the Fibre Bridge 3 Operating the Fibre Bridge ...
Page 51: ...4 1 Troubleshooting Guide 4 Troubleshooting Guide ...
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Page 59: ...A 1 Fibre Channel Overview A Fibre Channel Overview ...
Page 70: ...A 12 AppendixA Fibre Channel Overview Problems with Fibre Channel ...
Page 71: ...B 1 Support and Customer Service B Support and Customer Service ...
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Page 83: ...C 1 Safety and Regulatory C Safety and Regulatory Information ...
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