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Figure 6–3: Arbitrated Loop Topology

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The arbitrated loop topology is not supported by the Tru64 UNIX or TruCluster Server products.

When support for Fibre Channel arbitrated loop is announced in the TruCluster Server Software Product Description (SPD), the technical update version of this information will be modified to include arbitrated loop. The SPD will provide a pointer to the technical update.

6.3Example Fibre Channel Configurations Supported by TruCluster Server

This section provides diagrams of some of the configurations supported by TruCluster Server Version 5.0A. Diagrams are provided for both transparent failover mode and multiple-bus failover mode.

6.3.1Fibre Channel Cluster Configurations for Transparent Failover Mode

With transparent failover mode:

•The hosts do not know a failover has taken place (failover is transparent to the hosts).

6–8Using Fibre Channel Storage