Spectra Logic T380 - Manual (Page 24)

Complete the Procedure Connecting the Cables
April 2013 Drive Installation or Replacement—Spectra T200, T380, T680, T950, and T-Finity Library
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The F-QIP acts as a bridge to connect SCSI drives in the DBA to a Fibre
Channel fabric or arbitrated loop.
Figure 19 is a simple representation of
how the drives and robotics in a library with a single F-QIP-based partition
are connected to a Fibre Channel arbitrated loop or fabric through a switch
or hub.
In the example shown in Figure 19 , the SCSI drives in the partition (four
drives per DBA) are connected to the Fibre Channel arbitrated loop or
fabric through Port A of the F-QIP in each DBA. Port B of the F-QIP in
DBA 3 provides the path over which the SCSI commands to control the
motion of the robotics within the partition are sent from the host. These
commands are relayed to the LCM, which in turn controls the motion of
the robotics.
Figure 19 An example of a QIP-based partition with QIP-attached
drives connected to a SAN.