I'm not sure if it is available yet, but the XP256 is HP's approach to a
SAN.  More than the HP can connect to this thing. (Their lab has a lot of
different systems attached to them to prove the point!)  Since it is SCSI to
Fibre then to the disc, I would rather not go there right now and I'll wait
for the Fibre to be supported directly from the box/MPE.

Kevin

Donna Garverick wrote:

> Kevin Newman wrote:
>
> > The last that I heard was that they would support Fibre Channels, but
> > not directly off of the hp3000.  What I about was a box that would take
> > SCSI in and translate to Fibre.  I asked what good this would do, and
> > the reply was: it will allow the HP to talk to SANs.
>
> is this scsi-to-fibre thing not available yet??  i thought it was....
> 'talk to a san'?  that's the answer you got?  wasn't the demo at hp world
> connected to an xp256?   - d 'over my limit for questions :-)'
>
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