Major Fibre Channel Port Features
•Devices in the same segmented loop zone communicate with one another as though they were on the same physical loop.
•Devices on SL_Ports cannot communicate with devices on F, FL or
TL_Ports. They also cannot communicate with devices on SL_Ports which are not in the same segmented loop zone.
•Devices connected to SL_Ports are not registered with the Name Server.
•Each loop segment may have a Fibre Channel Frame in process.
•You may have as many loop segments as you have SL_Ports. That is, if none of them are zoned together, each SL_Port would contain one set of AL_PA and each AL_PA within that loop must be unique.
•The Switch supports all SCSI/FCP and TCP/IP frames.
•SL_Ports support Class 2 and 3 Fibre Channel Service.
SL_Port Management
Refer to the Switch Management manual for more information. The SANsurfer
•The user may choose which ports (if any) are SL_Ports.
•The user may place up to 32 SL_Ports together in the same segmented loop zone to form each Segmented Loop.
•The application provides a map of all AL_PAs on a Segmented Loop. This viewable map includes information about which AL_PA address are being used by the SL_Port.
•The application provides a way to flag error conditions to the user.
•All management configuration information is stored in
SL Private Loop Stage Type
Switch management allows you to define a chassis as an SL Private Loop stage type. This stage type defines all ports on the chassis as SL_Ports and links them into one segmented loop. If an SL Private Loop chassis is to be used in a cascade topology, all chassis in that topology must also be SL Private Loop. Furthermore, an SL Private Loop chassis in a
You define an SL Private Loop chassis by selecting SL Private Loop as the stage type in the Chassis Parameters portion of any Switch Faceplate Display in the SANSurfer Switch Management application. Refer to the Switch Management manual for more information.
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