SNC 5100
12 Hardware Product Description and Features
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Cables should have a duplex SC connector on the GBIC end and a connector
appropriate to the HBA in use on the host end.
Fibre Channel interfaces support the following Public and Private Loop modes:
• Target
• Initiator
• Target and Initiator
The maximum number of initiators connected via Fibre Channel is 64 per
Fibre Channel port.
Fibre Channel Interfaces also support the following connection options:
• Loop
• Point-to-Point
• Loop Preferred
The Fibre Channel controller is compliant with the following standards and
specifications:
• Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2) working draft, rev 6.4, August
28, 1998
• Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment (FC-FLA) working draft, rev 2.7,
August 12, 1997
• Fibre Channel Private Loop SCSI Direct Attach (FC-PLDA) working
draft, rev 2.1, September 22, 1997
• Fibre Channel -- Tape and Tape Medium Changers (FC-Tape), Rev 1.17,
Technical Report, T11/99-069v4
• Fibre Channel protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI)
Ultra2 SCSI I/O Interfaces
• Four Low Voltage Differential (LVD) Ultra2 SCSI channels with internal
termination.
• SCSI channels have automatic speed and width negotiation capability for
wide or narrow bus widths and Standard, Fast, Ultra or Ultra2 speeds.
• SCSI channel support for up to 15 SCSI target IDs and up to 32 LUNs per
ID (subject to an overall total of 2048 devices). The SNC 5100 uses one