You are correct in that the original solution worked as you describe,
primarily as a distance extender. However, there is now a solution that
allows scsi on the 3k and fiber on the XP side. It was announced about the
same time that the XP512 came out.
Carl McNamee
Systems Administrator
Billing Concepts
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Newman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 11:22 PM
To: Carl McNamee
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: xp256 and fibre channel
Yes, but from what I've been told, the SCSI/Fiber bridge has to be
converted back to SCSI before going into the XP. In essence, the
SCSI/Fiber bridge is nothing more than a SCSI distance extender. On
other boxes, you might be able to get away with what you are talking
about, but on the HP3000, with MPE/iX, you are still talking SCSI.
Kevin
Carl McNamee wrote:
>
> I have looked into this fairly extensively and found that you can purchase
> fiber boards for the xp256. As you surmise there would be scsi leaving
the
> 3k going into a scsi to fiber bridge. From the bridge you run fiber to
the
> xp.
>
> One nice feature that turned up in my investigations was the ability to
hang
> several of these bridges off the same fiber port. So you can assign say
40
> drives to the fiber and then break this out to four scsi channels with 10
> scsi drives each. This lets you take full advantage of the fiber on the
xp.
>
> Carl McNamee
> Systems Administrator
> Billing Concepts
> (210) 949-7282
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Garverick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] xp256 and fibre channel
>
> since i'm getting so many -- there's no fibre channel for mpe replies
<sigh>
> --
> let me try to say it again....
>
> i *know* there's no fibre for mpe (geesh!). i know that in the recent
past
> the
> only way to get from a 3000 to a xp256 was to do a scsi-to-fiber
> conversion..fibre..fibre..fibre...the a fibre-to-scsi conversion (again)
> prior to
> going into the xp. (rather a pain, if you ask me...especially if the xp
> doesn't
> have any scsi connections (which they can have, btw)). i heard at hpworld
> --
> which i'm currently considering a *rumor* (even though i heard from a csy
> person)
> -- that things have changed and the 2nd conversion is no longer required.
> that
> is, once the signal has been converted to fibre you can go fibre all the
way
> to
> the xp. i hope that's more clear....
>
> so, does anyone know for sure? - d
>
> --
> Donna Garverick Sr. System Programmer
> 925-210-6631 [log in to unmask]
>
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