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CHAPTER 2
FC-AL Host Connections
This chapter describes configurations for one or two Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop
(FC-AL) Sun StorEdge A3500FC controller modules connected to one or more hosts.
The following topics are covered in this chapter:
■Configuration Guidelines—page 2-2
■Supported FC-AL Host Configurations—page2-3
■Single Host Connected to One Controller Module—page2-4
■Independent Controller Module Connected to TwoHosts—page 2-5
■Single Host Connected to One Controller Module Using Hubs—page2-6
■Single Host Connected to TwoController Modules Using Hubs—page 2-7
■Single Host Connected to Four Controller Modules in a Loop Using Hubs—
page2-9
■Multi-Host—page 2-11
■Setting the Loop ID—page 2-13