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Re: N4000/Fibre Channel
From:
Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>
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Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:24:44 -0800
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One for the Host and one for Command View.

-Craig


--- David N Lukenbill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Any idea why a system with a single VA7110 would have two host pci fibre
> cards?
>
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> Dave,
>
> The VA7110 does have two fiber connections, and both CAN be used.  However,
> in order to be consistent with HP's maintenance criteria, you should have
> one connected to a Command View workstation.
>
> Everything in Command View can be done through the serial port on the
> VA7100, except for logging.  It is also a lot eaiser to define LUN's
> graphically (Command View) as opposed to the command line (cryptic)
> language on the serial port.
>
> Also on the VA7110, one of the fiber channels is "passive", not quite sure
> what that means, the jist is that it is slower than the other and is for
> the command view workstation.
>
> HTH,
> -Craig
>
>
> David N Lukenbill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Had trouble sending this earlier, so I'm trying again. Sorry if it's a
> duplicate......
>
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>
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> I have a couple of configuration questions about an N4000 that we're going
> to be installing soon.
>
> 1.) Does it make sense that an A6795A (PCI 4x 2Gb/s Single-port Fibre
> Channel Adapter) would be installed in PCI slots 1 or 2? The systems docs
> indicate that PCI slots 1 and 2 are 2x PCI slots, so the fibre channel
> would be limited to 1Gb/s.
>
> 2.) Does it make sense to have two fibre channel cards for a single
> VA7110?
>
> Thanks,
> David N. Lukenbill
> Computer Sciences Corporation
>
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