Jakub Jelinek:
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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.
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> > What about Jaycor (JNI) cards ? They seem to simulate a SCSI
> > interface, but with up to 255 disks connected :-)
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> 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...
Well, you're of course right. Brain out of coffee syndrome.
But 126 is a _lot_, too.
BTW: someone knows how so-called host-independent RAID controllers
work ? (especially the ones Raidtec offers) Will it be possible to
bypass the controller and access a disk itself ?
Steffen
