10.5FC-AL physical interface
Figure 11 shows the location of the J1 Fibre Channel single connection attachment (FC-SCA). Figure 13 pro- vides the dimensions of the FC-SCA connector.
Details of the physical, electrical, and logical characteristics are provided within this section. The operational aspects of Seagate’s Fibre Channel drives are provided in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual..
J1 interface connector
Figure 11. Physical interface
10.5.1Physical characteristics
This section defines physical interface connector.
10.5.1.1Physical description
FIbre Channel drives may be connected in a loop together or with other compatible
Port bypass circuits (PBCs) allow devices to be inserted into unpopulated locations or removed from the loop with loop operation recovery after a brief interruption. These PBCs are located external to the
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Figure 12. Port bypass circuit physical interconnect
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