60 - (English) User's Guide

Appendix C C-5

Introduction to Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel with Libraries

Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel with Libraries

NOTE See “Fibre Channel Cable Connections” on page 1-33 for more

information about installation and configuration.

The Fibre Channel interfaces in the 20-slot, 40-slot, and 60-slot libraries

serve as a bridge between SCSI and Fibre Channel by supporting the

following:

• Two actively terminated, 68-pin, fast and wide, HVD or LVD SCSI

ports that support SCSI sequential access and medium changer

target devices

• FC-PLDA (Fibre Channel - Private Loop Direct Attach) ANSI

standard

• Single 1.0625 Gigabit per second Fibre Channel port

• Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and switch fabric (FC-SW)

topologies

• Class 3 connection using SCSI-FCP protocol

NOTE Libraries that do not have Fibre Channel interfaces only support the

SCSI protocol.