Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jeff McNeil" <> | Subject | Fiber Channel support in 2.2.14 | Date | Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:06:37 -0500 |
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a couple questions regarding Fiber Channel support in the 2.2.14 kernel. I've been given the task of connecting our Linux servers to our SAN, based on an HP XP256 array.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After working my way through the kernel, it appears I have two choices, either a QLogic ISP2X00, or an Interphase 5526.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My first choise is to use the QLogic. QLogic FC does not seem to identify it's WWI correctly, and you need to actually look at the FC switch to determine what it is.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Diving deeper into the Interphase shows that SMP support is buggy at best.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are there an other Linux FC solutions availible at this time? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff McNeil<BR>Sr. Unix Engineer<BR>Interland, Inc.<BR><A href="mailto:jeffry@interland.net">jeffry@interland.net</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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