HP E1200-320 1 Introduction

1 Introduction

The HP StorageWorks e1200-320 4Gb FC Interface Card provides bi-directional connectivity between one Fibre Channel Switched Fabric (FC-SW) or Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL), and two Narrow/Wide Fast/Ultra320 LVD/SE SCSI buses.

Supported devices include:

•Initiator Devices – Fibre Channel hosts

•Target Devices – Tape drives

Figure 1 shows the layout of the HP e1200-320 4Gb FC Interface Card.

Figure 1 HP e1200-320 4Gb Interface Card ports

Table 2 HP e1200-320 4Gb Interface Card

Number Description

1Reset access hole

2Serial management port

310/100 Ethernet management port

4Fibre Channel network port

5Two SCSI busses

In addition to Fibre Channel and SCSI interfaces, there are Ethernet and serial ports that provide connectivity for configuration and management access. The LEDs (operation indicators) provide basic status information. A reset button is also provided for a manually forced reboot of the interface card.

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