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>
>
> > > > The Sparc port has full support for point to point and full fc-al
> > > > fibre channel. This is utilizing Sun's SOC and SOCAL adapter cards.
> > > >
> > >
> > > What about Jaycor (JNI) cards ? They seem to simulate a SCSI
> > > interface, but with up to 255 disks connected :-)
> >
> > 255? Strange. Does it have dual Fibre Channels? Even than that number is
> > strange. AFAIK, AL topology limit is 126 devices arbitrating on the loop,
> > and one has to be the HBA...
> >
>
> You can stack more on top of the local loop entities if you have fabric
> support.
Yes, I know, but if you have fabric in (not supported yet by drivers/fc4), I
don't know where 255 comes from. You could have thousands of disks behind
fabric.
Cheers,
Jakub
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