Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:25:11 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: mlnn4@oaks.com.au Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fibre channel Message-ID: <199810301825.TAA01062@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199810300808.TAA03591@mail.aussie.org> from Hallam Oaks at "Oct 30, 98 07:09:02 pm"
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As Hallam Oaks wrote... > Hi, > > I'm now going to demonstrate my total ignorance of fibre channel ;) > > Who here can tell me what we need to set up a working fibre channel hard > drive system, apart from the controller and drive ? I'm not referring > specifically to FC on FreeBSD per se, but the actual hardware. > > I know I'd (obviously) need some fibre optic cable, but I'm unsure if you Not so obviously as you think: FC also runs on copper wiring. For shorter max distances though. > also need an external optical transciever. That is, I'm unsure if these are > built into the FC hardware, or if the FC devices connect to the transcievers > via some sort of standard electrical - rather than optical - interface. On adapters you normally will find GLM (gigabit link modules). These can be for copper or for multi or single mode fiber. > If so, does anyone know how much these transcievers tend to cost (low power > type) ? What else is needed to have a working system ? (apart from the driver > software that is ... at the moment I'm only concerned about hardware.) FC stuff is currently still pretty expensive. Check www.emulex.com for some sample hardware. Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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