Installation guide

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Cables and connectors
There are different types of cables of varies lengths for use in a Fibre Channel
configuration. Two types of cables are supported: Copper and optical (fiber).
Copper cables are used for short distances and transfer data up to 30 meters
per link. Fiber cables come in two distinct types: Multi-Mode fiber (MMF) for
short distances (up to 2km), and Single-Mode Fiber (SMF) for longer distances
(up to 10 kilometers). The controller default supports two SFP connectors.
Fibre Channel Adapter
Fibre Channel Adapter is devices that connect to a workstation, or server and
control the electrical protocol for communications.
Hubs
Fibre Channel hubs are used to connect up to 126 nodes into a logical loop. All
connected nodes share the bandwidth of this one logical loop. Each port on a
hub contains a Port Bypass Circuit (PBC) to automatically open and close the
loop to support hot plug ability.
Switched Fabric
Switched fabric is the highest performing device available for interconnecting
large numbers of devices, increasing bandwidth, reducing congestion and
providing aggregate throughput. .
Each device connected to a port on the switch, enabling an on-demand
connection to every connected device. Each node on a Switched fabric uses an
aggregate throughput data path to send or receive data