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Date:      Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:24:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        mjacob@feral.com
Cc:        bigj@nlanr.net, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fiber Channel.
Message-ID:  <199808260924.LAA07224@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9808251625220.30581-100000@feral-gw> from Matthew Jacob at "Aug 25, 98 04:27:28 pm"

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As Matthew Jacob wrote...
> 
> On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > 
> > People might also be interested in looking at the Emulex LP6000 and
> > LP7000 cards. Maybe (*big* maybe) I'll have a chance to check one out.
> 
> Yes- the Emulex cards look good- more from an FC/IP point of view
> from what I've heard, and also JAYCOR. And, still to be worth
> doing, SOCAL SBus cards for the sparc port (:-)).

Digital/Compaq also uses them (the LP6000) to drive FCAL RAID arrays.
The LP7000 has a considerable performance advantage and is supposed
to be compatible on the driver level.

> The big issue with all of this will be fabric and multipathing
> device naming support. This kind of stuff is basically my charter
> at NASA/Ames for a chunk of the next year.

Ughh. Good luck. This is mainly vapourware at the moment. 

Wilko
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