How the HP e1200-320 4Gb FC Interface Card works
The interface card is a device that translates the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) to and from the SCSI
Processing SCSI information
The following section describes how the interface card processes SCSI information when attached to FC hosts.
1.A FC host issues a command. The FC host encapsulates the command in the FCP protocol and sends the packet to the interface card.
2.The internal FC interface card receives the packet, interprets the FC information, and places the packet in buffer memory.
3.The processor interprets the information and programs an internal SCSI controller to process the transaction.
4.The SCSI controller sends the command to the SCSI device (target).
5.The SCSI target interprets the command and executes it.
6.Data flows between the FC host and SCSI target through payload buffers.
7.Response information flows from the SCSI target back to the FC host.
HP e1200-320 4Gb FC Interface Card features
Fibre Channel features
•One FC port (selectable between 4.25, 2.125 and 1.0625 Gbps)
•Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
•Private Loop Direct Attach (PLDA) profile compliant
•Class 3 operation with
•Supports
•Optical SFP support (Shortwave)
SCSI bus features
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•Concurrent commands, tagged command queuing and disconnect/reconnect
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•Connection type is VHDCI
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•Disk, tape, optical, and changer devices
Management features
•Interface card LUN commands
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•DHCP for easier network addressing
•Serial
•Ethernet
•Firmware that can be updated in the field
•SCC (FC only), Indexed, and Auto Assigned addressing modes
