Sun Microsystems Sun StorEdge A3500FC - Manual (Page 19)

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C H A P T E R
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FC-AL Host Connections
This chapter describes configurations for one or two Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop
(FC-AL) Sun StorEdge A3500FC controller modules connected to one or more hosts.
The following topics are covered in this chapter:
■ Configuration Guidelines—page 2-2
■ Supported FC-AL Host Configurations—page 2-3
■
Single Host Connected to One Controller Module—page 2-4
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Independent Controller Module Connected to Two Hosts—page 2-5
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Single Host Connected to One Controller Module Using Hubs—page 2-6
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Single Host Connected to Two Controller Modules Using Hubs—page 2-7
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Single Host Connected to Four Controller Modules in a Loop Using Hubs—
page 2-9
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Multi-Host—page 2-11
■ Setting the Loop ID—page 2-13