9.1.10Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options
Table 15 lists the
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OPEN Half Duplex | Accepted from another device. | |
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OPEN Full Duplex | Sent to open another device. Accepted from another device. | |
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Private Loop | Yes | |
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Public Loop |
| Yes |
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Old Port State | No | |
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Loop Position | Yes | |
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Loop Position Report | Yes | |
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9.2Dual port support
Cheetah NS 10K.2 FC drives have two independent
•If both ports are connected on independent loops and hard addressing is used, the drive interface address is selected through the interface connector, both ports will seek the same loop address. If no conflict, both ports will have the same loop address.
•If both ports are connected in the same loop and hard addressing is used, at least one port will attempt tak- ing a soft address to prevent an address conflict.
Subject to buffer availability, the Cheetah NS 10K.2 FC drives support:
•Concurrent port
•Full
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