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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=230144315-03012001>HI,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=230144315-03012001> You can now do FC-AL and FC-SW, but
the FC-SW needs a different HBA. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=230144315-03012001>If you
are using Red Hat 6.0 in FC-AL mode than you can have 8 servers (x86 or Alpha)
connected to one HSG80 pair, if you are using Red 6.1/6.2 or Suse 6.3/6.4 you
can use FC-AL or FC-SW (with the correct adapter i.e 167433-B21for SW mode,
167432-001 for FC-AL) up to 4 servers (x86 or Alpha) connected to one HSG80 pair
- this what is stated in the support matrix.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=230144315-03012001>roger</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Gianluca Cecchi
[mailto:tekka99@libero.it]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 21 December 2000
09:20<BR><B>To:</B> beowulf@beowulf.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> A little off topic
(but not so much ;-)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>did anyone use Compaq MA8000 (or RA8000) Storage
Server under Linux?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If so, are FC switches and/or hubs supported with
Linux?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mainly, if MA8000 is supported, how many nodes
can I connect to each of these storage servers?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know they come with two double-channel FC
controllers (HSG80).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any help is welcome.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bye,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gianluca</FONT></DIV>
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