IBM T200F manual Features of the Fibre Channel Interface

Features of the Fibre Channel Interface

The Ultrium Tape Drive Model T200F (Fibre Channel drive) is an

Arbitrated-Loop-only device (also known as an NL port). The drive supports Fibre

Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) protocol, and uses Class 3 Service frames. The

drive also supports both public (switch-attached) and private loops.

The World Wide Node Name and Port Name used by an Ultrium Tape Drive follows

the format of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

The IBM Ultrium Tape Drive is compliant with the FC-Tape standard that is

proposed for the Technical Report of Accredited Standard Committee NCITS. IBM

recommends that your server’s software use the Class 3 Error Recovery of this

proposed standard.

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