On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:46:43AM -0500, Nate Carlson wrote: > Not really - I just picked up a couple JBOD's from a fellow list member, > and played around on that for awhile. Now, I'm picking up a real array, > and am going to try to use it as shared storage between the boxes. Cool! > >Example questions: > > - what kind of cables do they need? > > Depends - you can either do copper or fiber for fibre channel. For copper, > in my limited experience, most HBA's have HSSDC connectors, switches > either have DB9 or HSSDC, and arrays generally use DB9 for the host > connector. > > So, for host<->switch, you either need hssdc<->hssdc or hssdc<->db9, and > for host<->array, you generally need hssdc<->db9. > > I haven't used the fiber option, but I understand it's just standard fiber > patch cables. > > > - do I need a switch? if not, how do I chain them? > > If you want to hook multiple devices to one port, you need a switch. If I want to connect three computers to an array, do I need a switch? Does an array have a single port? (+ see below) > Otherwise, you can generally go direct. (As I understand it, this varies > by implementation.) I remember something about an "Arbitrated Loop" where the computers and storage sit in a circle and pass a pipe ;) Can I do that with copper, or do I need something optical? florin -- Don't question authority: they don't know either! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050526/a53c62b9/attachment.pgp