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Preliminary

Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch

SANbox-8 Fibre Channel Switch

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Private Segmented Loop Connections

Figure 2-6 shows the connection of Private Loop servers and Private Loop storage

units. Each SL_Port is one segment of a segmented loop. Each segmented loop

may be divided into a maximum of 33 segments. Use Switch management to

conﬁgure the appropriate ports to SL mode and to link SL_Ports (segments) into

segmented loops. For example you could have Server 1 and the RAID on one

segmented loop and the remainder of the servers and the JBODs on another

segmented loop. Remember that these private devices cannot communicate

between private loops through the Switch, only within their segmented loop.

Figure 2-6 Private Segmented Loop Connections

RxTx

3 5

SL_Port

1 2 3 4

Local Area Network (LAN)

Private Loop

Storage Servers

Controller

JBOD 1

JBOD 2

JBOD 3

Private Loop

Storage Units

RAID