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Figure 19

LTO-5 Single Port

Fibre Channel Tape Drive

Caution:

LTO-5 Fibre Channel tape drives can be configured for

speeds of up to 8 GB per second and support auto-

negotiation to 8 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, and 2 Gb/s. If they are

configured for 8 Gb/s, you should connect them directly

to a host or switch and not to an FC I/O blade, because the

FC I/O blade only allows speeds up to 4 Gb/s. If you

connect an LTO-5 Fibre Channel tape drive to an FC I/O

blade, the speed will autonegotiate to 4 Gb/s (see

Setting

Tape Drive Parameters

on page 84). Speeds less than 2

Gb/s are not supported.

1

Ethernet port - do not use

2

Fibre Channel port - use this port