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Operating as both a scsi and fibre channel device, The scsi side, The fibre channel side – ADIC FCR 200 User Manual

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Operating as Both a SCSI and Fibre Channel Device

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Figure 2-6

Fibre Channel-to-SCSI Configuration

Operating as Both a SCSI and Fibre
Channel Device

The router is both a SCSI and Fibre Channel device operating
on a SCSI bus and Fibre Channel network simultaneously.

The SCSI Side

On a SCSI bus, the FCR200 acts as a SCSI initiator passing
requests from hosts on the Fibre Channel network to target
devices on the SCSI bus. Each FCR200 SCSI bus uses a single
SCSI ID. The default ID is 7 and can be changed when
configuring the FCR200.

The Fibre Channel Side

In a Fibre Channel loop, the FCR200 is identified by a single
Arbitrated Loop Physical Address (AL_PA) or a fabric
assigned Source ID. Once the address is acquired, any host on
the Fibre Channel loop can access the devices on a SCSI bus
transparently over a FC connection.